Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As the proposals in the Bill are not available, I am not 100% au faitwith the reasoning around some of the specific wording. I imagine some of the wording refers to including the unionist community. Its members may not want to take up citizenship, for example, but they may want to exercise the right to vote. If one wanted to become a citizen, one would be eligible but not have to take that up. That might explain some of the reasoning around phrases such as "all of the citizens of Ireland" and residency.

Have any of the financial implications been taken on board in terms of the different methods of voting or registers? Would one be cumbersome and expensive? Have the witnesses considered the costings of the different systems? Are some impractical from a financial perspective? Are others more feasible from a financial point of view?