Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

It is far better that there should be an excess of numbers on the register in order that people will have an opportunity to vote. If a person moves house and his or her name is not added to the register in respect of his or her new address, there is no cross-reference. By law, it is the duty of a county or town council to prepare the register. It appears that, for a long period, the councils have not being doing so.