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19 March 2024  


The NUI constituency Seanad Éireann Register

Seanad Éireann Information Leaflet

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The Seanad Éireann Register contains a list of the names, addresses and qualifications of NUI graduates who registered to be included on the Register before 26 February in any given year. This electoral register is then published on 1st June, annually and these graduates will be able to vote in a Seanad Éireann election during the period 1 June – 31 May of the subsequent year. The Seanad Register may be used only for electoral purposes. An edited Seanad Éireann Register is also available. Both registers are available for purchase in hard or electronic copy from NUI.

The current Register, operative from 1st June 2023, contains the names of 112,062 electors. The cost of the 2023 Register is €168, either in hard or electronic copy.

NUI administers the Seanad Éireann Register and elections for the NUI constituency, in line with the requirements set down by the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Acts, 1937-2015.

Registration on the register is not automatic; graduates must claim to be registered. Claims/Registration forms must be received at the NUI Office by 26th February in any given year.

Download Registration Claim / Graduate Update Form

pdf Irish Version: English Version:

Please download the pdf to your computer (right click and save) and complete the form using Adobe Reader as not all internet browsers support on screen completion of pdf documents

A handy leaflet explaining the registration process is available to download by clicking here.

Graduates who are registered and who wish to change the correspondence address included in the electoral register may still submit Change of Address Details to NUI, as per the instructions set out below.

If you have any other queries about the NUI Seanad Éireann Register of Electors, please do not hesitate to contact us at records@nui.ie or by phone at 01 439 2424

 

Seanad Éireann Register FAQs

arrow How can I register on the NUI Seanad Éireann Electoral Register?

Graduates of the National University of Ireland who have received a degree (other than an honorary degree) and who are Irish citizens are eligible to vote in Seanad Éireann elections, once they are included in the University electoral register.
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The Seanad Éireann University Members Acts (1937-2015) stipulates the 26th February each year as the deadline for registration, for the Register that will be effective from 1st June of that year.

The form below may be used to register and should be completed in full and signed in one of the following ways:

  • printed, signed by hand, scanned and attached to an email and sent to records@nui.ie OR posted to Records Office, National University of Ireland, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, D02 V583.
  • signed electronically in the editable PDF form. Click here for instructions. Please note that the e-signature instructions are for use with Adobe Reader.
Download Registration Claim / Graduate Update Form

pdf Irish Version: English Version:

Please download the pdf to your computer (right click and save) and complete the form using Adobe Reader as not all internet browsers support on screen completion of pdf documents


arrow How do I check if i am listed on the NUI Seanad Éireann register?

There is currently no provision in the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Acts, 1937-2015, for online registration or for checking the register online.

You can check if you are registered in a number of ways:

  • Copies of the Seanad Éireann Electoral Register are available for review in the reception of NUI offices, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2;
  • Check with NUI via email records@nui.ie ;
  • Call NUI on (01) 439 24 24.

To assist in identifying you on the register, please include the following information:

  • Full name at time of graduation/registration
  • Any other form of name used (e.g. Irish, single, married, etc.)
  • Any other name used during completion of degree
  • Date of birth
  • NUI degree(s) and other NUI qualification(s)
  • Year(s) of conferring(s) and NUI institution(s) where conferred
  • Previous address
  • Current address.

We will respond promptly to all enquiries.


arrow Can current NUI students apply for inclusion in the Register.

NUI will not accept Seanad registration forms from NUI degree students (assuming it is their first NUI Degree) who apply earlier than the calendar year of their expected graduation.

NUI cannot take responsibility for storing personal data for the extended period involved or for verifying the outcome of a student’s studies when there is a substantial time-gap between application and eligibility.

Such applications will not be processed and will be destroyed securely.

Final year students who apply for registration prior to the deadline of the 26th of February (in any year) will be eligible for inclusion in the register that comes into effect on the 1st June ONLY if they have been conferred by the following 1st of June.


arrow I am on the Register but I didn’t get a ballot paper in the last election.

Have you changed your address since you registered to be included on the Register?

If so please contact NUI to update your details. If you are on the Register and didn't get your voting papers, the most likely reason is that we have an incorrect address on record for you.

Unless we are informed of a change of address, voting papers will go to the address on record.


arrow Once the Register has been published, is it possible to amend an address?

Yes, a graduate who is already registered may, at any time, ensure that his/her details are up-to-date.

The form below may be used and should be completed in full and hand signed.

The form can then be scanned and attached to an email and sent to records@nui.ie or posted to Records Office, National University of Ireland, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, D02 V583.

The form cannot be submitted directly online and changes can not be made over the telephone.

Download Registration Claim / Graduate Update Form

pdf Irish Version: English Version:

Please download the pdf to your computer (right click and save) and complete the form using Adobe Reader as not all internet browsers support on screen completion of pdf documents

 

arrow Are names ever removed from the Register?

Yes.

  • on receipt of written request by a graduate to have his/her name removed
  • on receipt of notification of the death of a graduate
  • as provided by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001: 'after reasonable enquiry by the registration officer, whose address or the address to which the ballot paper is to be sent is unknown'. (S. 56)

 

arrow If my name has been removed from the Register, can I still vote?

Only if you have re-registered in time to be included on the Register in use for the relevant Seanad election.

 

arrow When do Seanad Éireann Elections take place?

Seanad Elections take place within 90 days of the dissolution of Dáil Éireann - the Election is strictly a postal vote. In the event that more than three candidates are nominated, ballot papers are issued to all registered graduates.

Ballot Papers are sent by registered post on the date set out in the Minister’s Order.

arrow Purchasing a copy of the Seanad Éireann Register

By Order (S.I. No. 290 of 2000) of the then Minister of the Environment, Mr. Noel Dempsey, the following Regulation became effective from 21st September 2000:

The fee to be paid under paragraph (d) of Rule 15 of the First Schedule to the Act by an applicant for a copy of the revised[Seanad Éireann] register or any part thereof shall be fifty nine pence plus the sum of twelve pence for each one hundred by which the number of persons in the revised register or part thereof exceeds one hundred. (Note: 59 pence = 75 cent; 12 pence = 15 cent)

The current Register, operative from 1st June 2022, contains the names of 111,521 electors. Using the prescribed calculation*, the cost of the 2022 Register amounts to €168, either in hard or electronic copy.

*Number of 100’s, or part thereof, by which 111,521 exceeds 100 = 1115.
1115 x .15 = €167.25
+ €0.75
= €168
Cost of Register = €168.00 (Rounding)

Anyone purchasing a copy of the register must undertake to comply with the relevant provisions of the Irish Data Protection Act 2018 (and EU General Data Protection Regulations).

A form is available for this purpose from the NUI office.

The Seanad Register may be used only for electoral purposes.

arrow What is the Edited Seanad Éireann Register?

The legislation provides for an Edited Seanad Register which can be used for non-electoral or non-statutory purposes.
When degree graduates register for the main electoral Register, they can elect to also join this Register.

The legislation does not provide examples of the types of “non-electoral/non-statutory purposes” this Register can be used for, however it is commonly understood to include commercial purposes e.g. direct marketing.