Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I recognise Deputy Farrell for tabling this important and topical question. He referred to the work that the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, is doing on updating the electoral register. There have been improvements to the electoral register in recent years but it remains quite out of date, as we know from canvassing and knocking on doors. Proposals are being developed on online registration but we need to be careful. Deputy Farrell is correct that we trust banking systems that are online-----

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