Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the small window of opportunity available for amendments to the electoral register which, coupled with a high level of inaccuracy on the register despite the recent advertising campaign, poses a threat to the integrity of the results of the next general election. Despite the fact that the draft register is only now available in most local authorities, giving less than two weeks for corrections, why has the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government refused consistently to extend the deadline beyond 25 November thus disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of voters?

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