Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 845: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if on-line registration on the electoral register is possible; if not the reason this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10122/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In law, preparation of the register of electors is a matter for each local registration authority. It is their duty to determine the detailed arrangements to be adhered to in the preparation of the register.

I understand that, while authorities increasingly make available an on-line register search facility and the relevant forms can be downloaded from registration authority websites, authorities do not provide for direct on-line registration as such systems may not give the necessary assurance to support entry of an individual on the register.