John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Finally, the previous contribution touched on people who pass away. In my view, a person's personal public service number, PPSN, essentially dies with him or her. Does Dr. Reidy agree that in the event of a person's death, it should be the case that he or she is automatically removed from the register through this modernisation process? One of the things that upsets many families is not getting the polling card that comes in for an election, even though that does upset some people; it is often when somebody is called for jury duty. That is obviously linked to the electoral register. I am sure Dr. Reidy would agree the appropriate way to deal with this is by having a person's PPSN essentially removed automatically.