Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have discussed this. The Senator and I are not going to agree on this at all. We are not removing anybody. We are actually informing people how they are going to register for a new constituency and register for what is effectively a new era in Seanad elections. We are going to back that up by writing to everyone on the register, having a public information campaign, getting data updated and all the various things. I do not want to repeat myself, because I know what the Senator said. She and I will not agree on this one. She has tabled her amendment in all sincerity. I am very confident about how this will work because we have a good lead-in time. One of the benefits of that, we hope, will be to stir further interest in those elections and provide an opportunity for people to engage again with the new constituency and electoral register. There will be a lot of activity in respect of the correspondence sent to electors, but also the public information campaign. There will be opportunities for existing Senators at that stage, as well as for prospective Senators. I am not saying it requires a shot in the arm or anything like it, but this affords an opportunity for a new departure, and maybe new momentum around it too, to get people to engage with the register. I genuinely believe that and this is the best way to do it.