Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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596. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a change electoral law to allow persons residents in the State who are not Irish citizens a right to vote in referenda; his views on such a change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24713/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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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. 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 in referendums.