Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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968. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding young persons and the voting register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20567/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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My Department takes a number of measures to coincide with the annual publication by registration authorities of their draft registers of electors in order to encourage the electorate to check that they are correctly registered and to bring to attention any errors or omissions. Measures taken include the supply of promotional posters to registration authorities for display in their offices and other public places such as libraries, post offices and Garda Stations and the placing of advertisements in national newspapers and social media websites.

In addition, whenever an election or referendum takes place, my Department places advertisements in the national papers advising eligible voters who are not registered to vote to take the opportunity to apply for inclusion in the supplement to the register of electors so that they can take part in that election or referendum.