Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of recent research that shows that there were between 660,000 and 800,000 surplus polling cards issued for general election 2002 and that the Irish electorate is far larger than the adult population, he plans to devote the necessary resources and develop adequate systems in order that a centrally co-ordinated, computerised and widely accessible electoral register can be established, in order that an independent body is established to oversee this development and the maintenance of the system, in order that the register can be thoroughly checked on a house-to-house basis in advance of the next poll and in order to allow for names on the electoral register to be cross-checked with a database such as the database of PPS numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22342/05]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the way in which the register of electors accurately reflects the actual electorate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22267/05]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious disparity between the numbers recorded in successive censuses and the numbers on the electoral register; his views on whether inaccuracies in the electoral register might give rise to risk of electoral fraud; the steps he intends to take to ensure that the register used in the next general election is accurate; if, in particular, he intends to review the methods used for reviewing the register each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22228/05]

Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to instigate an urgent review of the register of electors following media revelations concerning its inaccuracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22268/05]

Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 792: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to streamline the electoral register, eliminate duplication and so on; if he is considering a centralised computerised system based on PPS numbers as in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22059/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 72, 87, 98, 123 and 792 together.

I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 24 and 26 on today's Order Paper.