Under the eighth amendment, Article 40.3.3°, I wish to ask the Minister about the referendum. We heard confirmation by French students in Galway university that they had been added to the voting register for the referendum despite being ineligible and despite having made no request to be added to the register of electors.

The Taoiseach made reference to Google and its integrity in the context of the referendum campaign. Will the Government investigate this and find out who illegally and fraudulently registered French citizens who are here on an ERASMUS student programme at NUIG? The integrity of the student programme is being called into question too. Ms Caroline Sourisseau and her friends got polling cards this morning. The integrity of the electoral register and of the forthcoming referendum is being challenged here. Will the Government ask the Referendum Commission to investigate this? What is the Government going to do about it? These students never applied to be included on the register and they are not Irish citizens. At the same time, eligible people cannot get on the register of electors. This is widespread throughout the country and a cabal is organising it. It is just not acceptable.

Thank you Deputy. We need to get an answer from the Minister now.

Can I get an answer please? This must be stopped.

A number of claims are circulating about people being put on or taken off the register and about polling cards being delivered with certain types of literature but not all of them are true. We have to be careful about fake news being spread around this on social media-----

This is not fake news; it is fact.

-----and traditional media but we are looking at the matter at the moment.

What is the Minister going to do about it?

Details of who is eligible-----

Will he defend the integrity of the voting process?

Details of who is eligible to vote are contained on the website of the Referendum Commission. That is where all of the relevant information can be obtained.

These people never asked to be registered.