Ann Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There is time between 25 November and February when the register comes into force for applications for the register to be checked and verified. In respect of the supplementary register, the Electoral Act 1992 provides that where a person cannot have their form signed by a Garda they can sign it in the presence of an official of the registration authority if they provide the necessary identification. The provision is in place. Perhaps it may be open to local authorities to do at a local level what they deem necessary. The Government is not accepting this amendment.

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