Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There is an old saying that one should never count one's chickens before they are hatched. The Taoiseach has had a chance to broadcast here. I am asking him again what I asked him last week. The Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, is now gone. The Taoiseach just said that with the exception of postal voters very few had voted. I wonder who else might have voted? What is the Taoiseach going to do about the register? I asked the Minister, Deputy Murphy, about this matter. I wrote a letter to him which I hand delivered today about the French student in NUIG who was illegally put on the register in Galway. How many others have been put on? The register is a mess. People have been put on twice. When will the Government hold an investigation? Will it be when the votes have been counted? Will the Taoiseach enlighten us as to who else has voted other than the people with postal votes, rather than use the Order of Business to promote the "Yes" side, examine the register and have the Minister, Deputy Murphy, look into the illegal activity? It is an undocumented mess with people being on illegally, including people who did not seek to go on the register and are not eligible. This is a French citizen who is only here to study. Will the Taoiseach deal with that instead of campaigning for more and more votes for the "Yes" side? Let the people decide. We will accept what the people decide but we will not before they have decided, and before the polls are even open on Friday morning.

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