Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

With the statutory process where the public notice is made about people being removed from a register, I gave the example of a woman who received no notice except for a letter a week beforehand. I have a copy of the letter on my desk and I contacted the authority. Are statistics kept with regard to such matters? Who keeps the registers? I have made inquiries but do the witnesses know the extent of the thousands of people struck off the registers in recent weeks? Do they have any idea of the numbers?

Who controls that or keeps those statistics? It is a statutory process. I have said that I looked in several provincial papers for these statutory advertisements. I also made representations to several local authorities. One told me that more than 1,400 people were being struck off and that they had not heard back from them. Who holds these statistics from the paper trail? Can the witnesses explain the process when a statutory notice is placed in the paper identifying people, a letter is sent and the individuals have to appear and make a representation to the registrar? Do they know how many thousands of people in the past two months have been struck off the electoral registers?