Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 June 2013
189. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to detect if non-Irish EU citizens who are registered to vote in European Parliament elections here in 2014 in individual constituencies and for a different constituency in another EU member state where they are from, therefore voting twice for the European Parliament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30995/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraCouncil Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 relating to European Parliament elections provides that EU citizens, who are not nationals of the Member State in which they reside but who meet the same conditions in respect of the right to vote as that State imposes on its own nationals, have the right to vote in that Member State. Within this framework, the Directive provides for a system of declarations by non-national EU citizens, including a declaration of intent to exercise the right to vote in their Member State of residence only, and of information exchange between Member States, to help ensure that no person votes more than once at such elections. The European Parliament Elections Act 1997 gives effect to the detailed arrangements in place in Ireland for implementing the requirements of Council Directive 93/109/EC.
