Alas I haven’t had a chance – but as you’ve prompted me I may have to dig out the old writing pen and dash off a question or two.

However, via a contact of mine in the Labour party, his predecessor received a quick report I’d bashed out analyzing the situation from the perspective of Information Quality best practices. I suspect it may have been filed in the cylindrical filing cabinet under the desk.

I have spoken to some of the people tasked with trying to address these issues and, without going into specifics, they could be described as being a tad frustrated at how this issue has slipped back down the agenda.

Particularly with Local Elections coming up in the next 18 months or so.

Sadly the whole thing is a frickking shambles, and i encourage you read the paper I did which is here if you want to see more about my thoughts on the issue.

I also did a presentation on the issue to the IQ Network (www.iqnetwork.org), which is a collaboration between the Irish Computer Society and the IAIDQ (International Association for Information & Data Quality – http://www.iaidq.org). There are some slight inaccuracies in it as regards the precise governance and roles that are currently in place for managing the register, but it touches on some of the problem issues (including the design of the form). Presentation is HERE

“The first step in ensuring information quality of the Irish electoral register should be a thorough assessment of the number of people who claim to have been disenfranchised at polling stations on 24 May 2007. There is an urgent need to identify definitive issues so that we can begin to address the risk of electoral fraud and voter dissatisfaction that an inaccurate electoral register presents.”

Have you asked Gormley when he will be doing it??