Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the closing dates for applications for the supplement to the postal and special voters lists in the local and European elections to be held on 5 June 2009; the closing date for any by-elections which may be held on the same date; if the closing date will be uniform throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16257/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Sections 15A(4) and 15B(4) of the Electoral Act 1992, as inserted by section 7 and 8 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001, provide that an application by an elector to have his or her name entered in the supplement to the postal or special voters list, which is received by the registration authority on or after the third day after the date of the dissolution of the Dáil at a general election or on or after the third day after the date of the making of the order appointing polling day at a Dáil bye-election or a Presidential, European or local election, shall not have effect in relation to that election.

Section 15C of the Electoral Act 1992, as inserted by section 9 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001, provides that where an application by an elector to have his or her name entered in these supplements is received after the closing date in relation to one election but before the closing date in relation to another election, the poll at which is to be held on the same day, the closing date for the second or subsequent election shall apply to the application.

As regards the elections to be held on 5 June 2009, I made the polling day order in respect of the local elections on 31 March 2009. I will shortly be making the corresponding order in respect of the European elections. In the event of any bye-election being held on 5 June, the closing date for these supplements in respect of all elections would be 2 days after the making of the polling day order consequent on the issuing of the writ concerned.