Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend voting rights to all EU citizens. [51839/13]

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; EU citizens may vote at European Parliament and local elections; and non-EU citizens may vote at local elections. Irish citizens alone are entitled to vote at Presidential elections and referendums.

While electoral law is subject to ongoing review, I have no proposals at present to change the existing arrangements.