Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 1162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to change the way in which juries are assembled in view of the unreliability of the electoral register; if he has received complaints from families that deceased persons are being summonsed for jury duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1736/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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Under the Juries Act 1976, each citizen aged 18 years or upwards and under the age of 70 who is entered in a register of Dáil electors is liable to serve as a juror. I have no plans to change this provision. The compilation of such registers is a matter for the relevant local authorities and, as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I have no function in the matter. The register is published each 1 November. Anyone can inspect this register which is available at all local authority offices, post offices, Garda stations and public libraries. I can confirm that I have recently replied in these terms to correspondence received in the matter.