COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 08, 2021

QUESTION NO. 14

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive if Covid restrictions have had any effect on the programme to complete the work on the 2022 Voting Register and will he furnish a statement in the matter? 

REPLY:

The 2022-2023 Draft Register will be available to the public from the 1st to the 25th November 2021, to check their details online at www.voter.ie and at the Council’s Civic offices. It is also circulated to local Post Offices, Libraries, Garda stations, County Registrar and to all Councillors, TD’S and MEP’S in South Dublin's Administrative area.

The work on the Draft Register 2022-2023 is ongoing. Corporate Services continue to promote voter awareness through a current online campaign on all social media platforms including a message recorded by the Mayor on the importance of registering to vote, which has also been distributed to Tallaght University Dublin and all Secondary Schools in the South Dublin Administrative area. The Council also supports the national campaigns led by the Department to promote and alert citizens to check the register to reach as wide a target audience as possible.

A Bus Stop advertisement was in place for the period of 20th September until 3rd October to promote the Draft Registration Campaign and an article on Valuing Your Vote, in relation to the importance of voting and registering to vote, was placed in the South Dublin County Council newsletter which was distributed to all households during the summer months, all RFA household forms received are duly processed.