A REPORT EXPLORING voting rights for Irish citizens abroad will be published today by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs.

The Chair of the Committee and Labour TD, Dominic Hannigan, says it will say that the government needs to accept the principle that voting rights should be extended to Irish citizens abroad.

So today we’re asking, Do you think Irish abroad should have a vote in elections here?

Poll Results:

Yes (3969)

No (2635)

In some elections but not all (2007)

I don't know (112)

Yes
No
In some elections but not all
I don't know

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Poll: Do you think Irish abroad should have a vote in elections here?

Poll Results:

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