Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if people who have been granted leave to remain here on humanitarian grounds are entitled to vote in a general election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7008/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In order to be able to vote at elections and referenda in this jurisdiction, a person's name must be entered in the register of electors for a constituency in the State in which the person ordinarily resides.

Subject to this primary requirement, the person's citizenship then determines the polls at which he or she is entitled to vote. Irish citizens who are registered to vote may vote at all polls. British citizens may vote at Dáil, European and local elections; other EU citizens may vote at European and local elections; and non-EU citizens may vote at local elections only.