Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Electoral and Referendum Reform: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
Mr. Barry Ryan:
When people pass away, the process is that technically they are not deleted but polling cards would be withheld. From a legal perspective, these people are not deleted from the register. As Ms Quinn has stated, it can be upsetting or disturbing for some people to receive a polling card when somebody has passed away. It is the one exception as the polling information card should be withheld rather than the name being deleted from the register.
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