Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Doorley for his brief responses. It is now my turn to ask questions. In your opening statement, Mr. Doorley, you said that 22% of young people are not registered to vote, which means that 78% are registered. That actually seems quite high. What would be the average level of registration among the various age cohorts? Of the 78% that are registered, how many actually go out and vote? I have had the experience of knocking on the doors of homes where there are five or six names on the electoral register. The parents are still living there but their four children have long moved out. The parents say that their children come home to vote because their voting cards still arrive there but I suspect that a lot of the time those voting cards do not get used because the children have moved away and might not even be living in the country anymore. Does Mr. Doorley know how many of the 78% that are registered actually turn out to vote? Has the NYCI had the opportunity to do that kind of research?