James Bannon (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 12:

In page 6, before section 8, to insert the following new section:

"8. Section 24(1) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of subsection (1) and the substitution of the following:

(1) For the purposes of this section and subject to this Part and regulations made under it, every person whose name is on the register of local government electors prepared under Part II of the Electoral Act 1992, for the time being in force is entitled to vote at the poll.'.".

There is a difficulty in some parts of the country providing full voting opportunities for staff at polling stations. In local elections in particular, people working as presiding officers in counties may not get to vote on the day. An amendment is necessary to afford everyone on the register the opportunity to vote. People have told me they could not vote on the day because—