Ms Gráinne McLoughlin:

It would. A lot of Irish people who no longer live in this country are very proud of Irish culture, anything from Gaelic football to the language to Irish dancing. They bring their culture with them and it is very important. These people are of a certain age group. People in their 60s do not necessarily tend to emigrate and neither do young people of 18 years of age or so. It is people in their 20s and upwards who emigrate. Voting rights are quite important because these people are still connected to this country and they are still citizens.