Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2015
596. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a change to electoral law to allow residents in the State who are not Irish citizens a right to vote in referenda; his views on such a change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24713/15]
View answerSubject to age and residency requirements, a registered elector's citizenship determines the polls at which he or she is entitled to vote. Irish Citizens alone are entitled to vote in Presidential elections and referendums. While electoral law is subject to ongoing review, I have no proposals at present to extend the current arrangements for voting by non - Irish citizens in referendums.
