S.I. No. 361/2025 - Electoral (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 25th July, 2025.

I, JAMES BROWNE, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 111 of the Electoral Act 1992 (No. 23 of 1992) hereby order as follows:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

2. The Electoral Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 156 of 2007 ) are hereby amended by: -

(a) the substitution of the following regulation for regulation 8:

“8. A specified document for the purposes of section 111 of the Electoral Act 1992 shall be:

(i) a passport;

(ii) a driving licence;

(iii) an employee identity card containing a photograph;

(iv) a student identity card issued by an educational institution and containing a photograph;

(v) a travel document containing name and photograph;

(vi) a Bank or Savings or Credit Union book containing address in constituency or local electoral area;

(vii) a Public Services Card;

(viii) a cheque book;

(ix) a debit card or credit card;

(x) a birth certificate;

(xi) a marriage certificate.

Items (viii) to (xi) shall be accompanied by a further document which establishes the address of the holder in the constituency or local electoral area.”.

GIVEN under my hand,

16 July 2025

JAMES BROWNE,

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

In these regulations the list of identifications which a voter may be required to produce at a polling station is amended to replace ‘cheque card’ with ‘debit card’.