Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

No one will be disenfranchised. The supplementary register will be available to every citizen from 9 December up to the 15th day before voting. There is adequate capacity to get on the register.

The Senator is correct to state that going to a Garda station is more inconvenient than simply filling out a form. However, the Senator must be cognisant of another issue, of which his party is aware. If one has a supplementary system in which people add themselves to the voting register, some protections must be put in place to ensure electoral fraud is not intended.

As the Senator can see, the issues are not that simple.