Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the serious crisis in regard to the compilation of the electoral register in County Kildare and other areas as a result of which thousands of people have been removed from the electoral register, including many who have been on the register at the same address for many years; the particular need to inquire into the situation in Kildare where 40% of all deletions have been in the Celbridge town area; and the urgent need for the Government to take action to extend the date for checking and seeking corrections to the register beyond the deadline of 25 November. An extension to 29 November would be useless.

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