Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

Allowing for the holiday period, the extension of the deadline by two weeks will leave just seven additional working days. For this reason, the Minister should extend the 12 January deadline to 19 January to enable the country registrars to add further names to the register. The Electoral Act 1992 gives the Minister and county registrars powers to extend the deadline for completing the electoral register. Is it open to county registrars to use the power available to them under the legislation to extend the deadlines set by the Minister?

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