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Data sharing
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23. (1) The chief registration officer may share information with a registration officer, a designated institution, the Minister for Social Protection and any other Minister of the Government or specified public body where it is necessary and proportionate for any one or more of the following purposes:
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(a) to verify the accuracy of information where it forms part of a claim to be registered in the register of electors;
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(b) where information has been entered in the register of electors, to verify that it is accurate;
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(c) to identify duplicate information and to prevent duplicate entries being entered, or appearing, in the register of electors.
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(2) A registration officer, the Minister for Social Protection and any other Minister of the Government or specified public body may, in order to assist the chief registration officer for any of the purposes referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1), provide or confirm particulars provided by a person for the purposes of this Part.
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(3) The chief registration officer may require an tArd-Chláraitheoir to furnish information in connection with the death of a person who is registered in the register of electors.
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(4) The chief registration officer may use information shared under this section for the purpose of preparing and revising the register of electors in accordance with this Act.
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(5) In this section, “specified public body” means:
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(a) the central registration authority;
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(b) a designated institution;
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(c) An tArd-Chláraitheoir;
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(d) An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas;
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(e) such other public body as may be prescribed as a specified public body by the Minister.
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