Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We are out of time on that slot. In relation to Deputy Gould’s first question, during the session in two weeks' time, we intend to invite the Irish Traveller Movement, the National Youth Council of Ireland and the National Women’s Council of Ireland to attend to address some of those issues of expanding and increasing voter participation in elections. Pre-registration of 16- and 17-year-olds is a very positive move to get people on the register before they turn 18 years of age.

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