People who registered to vote last October will be ineligible to cast Valentine's ballot, PAC chair says

Sean Fleming told RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland that the disenfranchisement of the people could affect the outcome of the election in some constituencies.

The chair of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee, Fianna Fáil’s Séan Fleming has warned that people who registered to vote last September or October will not be registered to vote until February 15 and therefore will not have a vote if the general election is called for either February 7 or Valentine's Day.

The register of electors is officially updated every year on February 15, a date fixed in law (Electoral Act 1992, s.1).