Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 May 2015
561. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a legal requirement, or a policy from his Department, to supply the electronic copy of the electoral register to elected representatives, as set out in section 34(e)(3) of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001, in a particular file format. [18159/15]
View answerThe requirements on local authorities, as registration authorities, in relation to the publication and provision of copies of the electoral register are set out in rules 13, 14 and 25 of the Second Schedule to the Electoral Act 1992, as amended. Under rule 25, where any document is required to be published in accordance with the Second Schedule to the Electoral Act 1992, the document may be published in such manner as the local authority consider desirable for the purpose of bringing the contents to the notice of persons interested. When publishing the register of electors, the local authority is also required under rule 13(4) to send a copy to each member of the Dáil in relation to their constituency. The format in which that copy is sent is a matter for the local authority.
Under rule 14(3) a local authority may provide to any person a copy of the register in printed form or in electronic format on payment of a fee. The electronic format in which a copy of the register may be provided in such cases is not specified in the Act.
