Joe O'Reilly (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I see nothing wrong with the principle. It is good from a number of perspectives that members of our diaspora would have the right to vote. I also agree with using the embassies. That makes sense. Electronic registration should be allowed, to enable people to indicate their interest. How far would we go down the generations? We would have to go to the first generation to have left the country. I think we would have to stop at that generation, albeit subsequent generations claim their Irishness.