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Election Monitoring Missions

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 January 2019

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

Questions (120)

Seán Haughey

Question:

120. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if applicants for the 2018 Irish election observer roster are obliged to be resident on the island of Ireland; the number of non-residents who applied for the position; the number of non-residents short-listed to join the roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3815/19]

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Ireland's election observer roster does not require volunteers to be habitually resident in Ireland. It does require all volunteers on the election observation roster to be citizens of Ireland, in order that Ireland complies with a European Union requirement that EU election observers are citizens of an EU Member State, or a citizen of Switzerland or Norway. Accordingly, no questions regarding habitual residency were asked of potential volunteers and no data on habitual residency was generated for statistical or other purposes.

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