Irish emigrants should have right to vote, report says

Oireachtas committee says Irish abroad ‘should continue to have a stake in future of country’

Thu, Nov 13, 2014, 10:32 Updated: Thu, Nov 13, 2014, 10:47

Ciara Kenny

More than 120 countries allow citizens abroad to vote, but Ireland does not allow emigrants to cast a ballot in presidential or Dáil elections. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA Wire

Voting rights should be extended to Irish citizens living abroad, an Oireachtas committee has recommended.

In its Report on Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad, to be published later today, the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs said “Irish emigrants should continue to have a stake in the future of their home country”.

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Irish emigrants should have right to vote, report says

Oireachtas committee says Irish abroad ‘should continue to have a stake in future of country’

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