Seán Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)

I will give the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism some information in a minute. 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 throughout the country as a result of which hundreds of 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, among them 33,382 who were removed from the register in Fingal; 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.

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