Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I presume the next hour or two will reveal all. I would like to highlight the issue of the register of electors in the context of the electoral process.

Anybody who canvassed during the recent local and European elections will know people are on the register two or three times at different addresses. We must move away from registering people by their address and PPS numbers should be used.

The Minister made one good change during his term of office by sorting out the problem in Graiguecullen, County Carlow. This needed to be resolved because it had been hanging there for a number of years. The electoral boundary between Laois-Offaly and Carlow-Kilkenny caused significant confusion in elections in the area. The issue has been addressed and it made everything much easier during the recent local elections. It will be better in the future that the electoral boundary reflects the county boundary, as it does for football and hurling. That was a welcome move.

Someone will have to grasp the nettle on the register of electors and try to sort it out.

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