Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is quite straightforward. Most other states give their citizens who are not resident in the state the right to vote. Given that the Taoiseach is due to visit the USA and that he will be raising the concerns about the status of citizens of this State who are exiled there, it would be nice if he could tell them that the Government is prepared to uphold their right to vote at home in presidential elections. Given the consequences of Brexit, it is a fact that citizens from the North have the right to Irish citizenship and, as a consequence, European citizenship. Whatever happens with regard to the Taoiseach's failure to uphold the rights of the people who voted to remain within the European Union and given his failure thus far to argue for a special designated status for the North within the European Union, surely it would be useful if he acted on the recommendation of the Constitutional Convention and gave us a sense of when the detailed consideration by the Government of this proposition will be concluded.

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