Written answers
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Election Management System
10:00 pm
Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if British citizens will be able to vote in a presidential election and referendum if they have been living at least 25 years here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19924/11]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Subject to age and residency requirements, a registered elector's citizenship determines the polls at which he or she is entitled to vote. British Citizens may vote at Dáil, European Parliament and local elections. Irish Citizens alone are entitled to vote in Presidential elections and referendums. While electoral law is subject to ongoing review, I have no proposals at present to extend the current arrangements for voting by non-Irish citizens.
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