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

I thank the Deputy for raising the issue and for his support for this proposal to extend voting rights for presidential elections to Irish citizens in Northern Ireland and around the world. They will register online and vote by post. The legislation was agreed by Cabinet yesterday. We want to take Second Stage before the recess and we need to do that to meet a timeline of having the referendum in October or November of this year. We do not have an exact date yet because it must go through both Houses first.

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