John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It will be required to put back the publication and coming into effect of the new electoral registers that will apply in Cork City Council and Cork County Council for the local elections in May 2019 if the enactment and commencement of this Bill is delayed beyond the early part of the new year. It is merely a provision to allow for the publication of the registers in Cork to be put back if this Bill is not enacted early in 2019.

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