Mr. Art O'Leary:

No, it is not an alternative. It is important we adopt a rights-based approach to this as well. For some people it may be that they would prefer to vote by post, so as long as they are aware that option remains available to them that is the important thing. We will say "If you would like to vote by post" rather than that "We think you should". I agree with the Chairman. Zero is our target figure.

I will come back to the opening question in order to be clear on the rights of British citizens. British citizens who do not have joint citizenship with another EU country are no longer entitled to vote in European Parliament elections.

Reciprocal voting rights are still in place for Dáil elections and all people ordinarily resident in Ireland can register to vote in the local elections.