No timeframe for increasing postal voting access in Ireland

Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien is said to be broadly supportive of measures to open up postal voting. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

An expansion of postal voting will have to wait until after the electoral commission is established.

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien, who has responsibility for voting and elections, told Sinn Féin's Pa Daly in a parliamentary question the idea will be explored by the electoral commission, when it is formed.