Written Answers. - Postal Voting Regulations.

Wednesday, 6 June 1990

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 399 No. 7

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  105.  Proinsias De Rossa  Information on Prionsias De Rossa  Zoom on Prionsias De Rossa   asked the Minister for the Environment  Information on Pádraig Flynn  Zoom on Pádraig Flynn   when he will introduce amended regulations for postal voting, especially to remove the requirement to establish sanity which many disabled persons found offensive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Flynn): Information on Pádraig Flynn  Zoom on Pádraig Flynn  As I indicated in reply to a supplementary question on 28 February, an electoral Bill is being framed which will deal, inter alia, with the special voting arrangement for disabled electors, particularly the requirement that applicants for inclusion in the special voters list must be certified as being of sound mind and capable of comprehending the act of voting.


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