Ruairí Quinn
Ceist:131 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons born in Northern Ireland, over the age of 18, are obliged to indicate that they are British citizens upon completing the application form to be included on the Register of Electors since they comply with the explanation on the official form that British citizen means a person defined as such under the Act of the British Parliament entitled the British Nationality Act, 1981; he has any proposal to alter the format of the application form so as to enable those persons, born in Northern Ireland and anxious to truthfully state on their application that they are Irish citizens for the purposes of elections, including Referenda and Presidential Elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter.