Written answers

Thursday, 18 February 2021

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Diplomatic Representation

Photo of Joan CollinsJoan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change)
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142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 11 February 2021, the date that each embassy applied for permission to operate polling stations for electoral events in their country of origin; the date permission was granted in each case in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9255/21]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The following table provides details of when each Embassy informed the Department of Foreign Affairs of its intention to operate a polling station, the date on which the Department confirmed it had no objections to the operation of a polling station, and the date on which polling took place.

In addition to the details noted as follows, two Embassies, Poland and Spain, informed the Department of their intention to provide for postal voting for their citizens. In each case, postal voting did not involve the operation of a polling station.

Embassy Date DFA Informed Date of DFA confirmed Polling Date Notes
Hungary 9 Dec 2019 and 4 Aug 2020 7 Jan 2020 and 22 Sep 2020 16 Feb 2020 and 11 Oct 2020
France 25 Feb 2020 n/a 17 May 2020 Elections cancelled
Russia 9 June 2020 30 June 2020 1 July 2020
Croatia 25 May 2020 18 June 2020 4 - 5 July 2020
Myanmar 2 Sep 2020 30 Sep 2020 3-4 Oct 2020
Lithuania 28 Sep 2020 8 Oct 2020 8 -11 Oct 2020 Over 95% of polling by post
Chile 23 Sep 2020 23 Oct 2020 25 Oct 2020
Georgia 31 July 2020 29 Oct 2020 31 Oct 2020
Algeria 28 Sep 2020 29 Oct 2020 31 Oct – 1 Nov 2020
Moldova 28 Feb 2020 and 3 Nov 2020 29 Oct and 11 Nov 2020 1 Nov 2020 and 15 Nov 2020
Romania 2 July 2020 3 Dec 2020 4 -5 Dec 2020
Portugal 17 Dec 2020 11 Jan 2021 12 -14 Jan & 23 -24 Jan 2021

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