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Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will the Minister accept a point of information?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: The identifier allowed is a national insurance number, which is what the PPS is. The Minister should not try and confuse the issue.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am talking about the new Act.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not need a lecture from the Minister as to what they did not do.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: There is nothing inaccurate in what I said.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: They used the equivalent of the PPS number.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is what I am talking about.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 11, to delete "ENACTMENTS" and substitute "ENACTMENTS,".

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: ""candidate for election" means any person who has been properly nominated (and whose nomination has been deemed to be valid by the relevant returning officer) as a candidate in— (a)a presidential election, (b)an election to Dáil Éireann, (c)an election to the European Parliament, (d)an election to a...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I agree with the intention that full assistance would be given. However, there has historically been a serious problem with the numeracy and literacy of a significant number of prisoners. In that context, perhaps those staff involved in education in the prison might be able to assist in this area. While I do not want the Minister to be prescriptive on this issue, it is important that those...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I move amendment No. 5: In page 3, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: ""registration authority" has the meaning assigned to it by section 6 of the Act of 1992;".

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, line 12, to delete "prison" and substitute "prison, save in the case of an Irish citizen". An issue arises in this regard. Will the Minister clarify his statement on Committee Stage with regard to a person born in Ireland?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: What if the person had been born in this country? Would he or she automatically——

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes. That is fair enough.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I agree with Deputy Gilmore. I understand that if a person does not want to be registered at an address, he or she can be registered at a certain street — such as West Street in Drogheda — without the number of the house on the street being mentioned. One does not necessarily have to be identified by a specific location. One could opt to be on a street and not necessarily have to be at...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I think the person does not have to give a specific address.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: The person who wants to register does not have to be——

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: It applies in the case of gardaí who can be registered without having to provide an address for security reasons.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will not move amendments Nos. 10 to 15 if that facilitates the passage of the Bill.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (28 Nov 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: The electoral system belongs to the people, not to one political party or government. During the course of this Dáil, the only significant intervention made in this regard has been on one side of the argument, namely, on behalf of the Government. Without listening to Members on this side, the Government's hubris was evident in its decision to plough ahead and buy electronic voting machines...