Plan to link electoral register with PPS numbers

The Department of Housing and Local Government is working on plans to modernise the voter registration process

The government is examining plans to automatically register people to vote in elections and referendums using their PPS number.

The Department of Housing and Local Government is working on plans to modernise the voter registration process to address long-standing issues over people being struck off the electoral register.

New local government minister John Paul Phelan is said to be hopeful of bringing forward proposals later this year whereby people are automatically enrolled on ...