Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 September 2016
318. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on maintaining voting rights for United Kingdom nationals in elections to the European Parliament following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26473/16]
View answerArticle 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that every person holding the nationality of a Member State shall be a citizen of the European Union and goes on to outline the right of citizens of the Union to vote in elections to the European Parliament.
I am not aware that there is any intention to change this Treaty provision in the context of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.
