Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the regulations regarding the return of application form RFA2 for inclusion in supplement to register of electors to a city or county council; if he will confirm whether only the applicant themselves may return said form under the regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14714/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The RFA2 application form is used by persons wishing to be included in the supplement to the Register of Electors. The detailed requirements regarding the inclusion of persons in the supplement are set out in section 15 of, and Part 2 of the Second Schedule to, the Electoral Act 1992. The form allows applicants to provide the information required by these statutory provisions.

An application for inclusion in the supplement to the Register must be signed by the applicant in the presence of a member of the Garda Síochána from the applicant's local Garda station who must first be satisfied as to the person's identity before signing, dating and stamping the form. The Garda may request photographic or other identification. Where the applicant establishes in writing that he is unable to progress the application in this way, the form can be signed by the applicant in the presence of an official of the registration authority who is satisfied as to his or her identity. Again, photographic or other identification may be required. If neither option is viable due to physical illness or physical disability, the application form must be accompanied by a medical certificate.