The Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Union Affairs is calling for an Electoral Commission to be set up, to come up with a system to make it workable.
In its report on Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad, the cross-party Committee agreed that Irish emigrants should continue to have a stake in the future of their home country.
The European Commission has previously criticised Ireland for not providing voting rights in national elections for Irish citizens living in other EU Member States.
