Aideen Hayden (Labour) | Oireachtas source

To respond to Senator Mooney's comments on the diaspora, the Joint Committee on European Affairs will publish its report on wider engagement with the diaspora at 11 a.m. tomorrow. One of the issues the committee considered is that Ireland has a very large diaspora. While we may wish to engage with members of the diaspora, serious issues arise in terms of how we could do so, particularly in respect of the level of influence the diaspora could have on the electoral system. One of the issues that arises is whether there should be representation without taxation. While voting rights for the diaspora may be wonderful in theory, if it comes down to the final box in a constituency such as Kerry North or Kerry South-----