Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

On behalf of the Labour Party, Deputy Gilmore has been pressing the Government on the refurbishment of the register of electors. He published a Bill that would take into account the additional time necessary for this process. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government stated yesterday the changes he is now agreeing to would be facilitated by way of the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006. The deadline is Saturday, 25 November but the Bill is not listed for this week. Will the Taoiseach clarify how the Minister, Deputy Roche, will deal with the matter?

I wrote to my county manager asking him for the list of deletions from the register of electors. Such lists have been furnished widely to colleagues in the House. I got a letter back eventually——

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