Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion

Photo of Colm BrophyColm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is really important. I heard that postal vote answer being given. I do not really like it. Somebody has the right to access a cinema or theatre to see a film or play. It is not the case that we say to them they can wait until it comes onto a streaming service as an alternate way. Some people's preferred choice is to go and vote with their partner, their children or that their children go and vote with them. They want to do that and do not want to do it by postal vote. As a result, postal votes should not come into it. That is an entirely supplemental benefit we should be offering, but it should never be offered as somehow getting us around this.

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