Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State and his officials for taking our questions. I have two short questions. Political campaigning is not restricted within the electoral period. Many election campaigns start well before the electoral period. Therefore, has the Department considered extending the legislation beyond the electoral period? Does the Bill have the capacity to do this? What is the projected timeline for the reform of the electoral register to a live rolling register? Its current format, in my experience, allows for multiple votes within and beyond constituencies and for potential corruption of that system. People leave their votes behind and if they move, the vote will still be there. There will be one in a constituency and another beyond it. I would be interested to know when the Minister of State envisages that happening.