Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 December 2004
386 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to re-examine the new constituencies, particularly Dublin North-Central, in 2006 following the new census findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32984/04]
View answerFollowing the Government's acceptance of the recommendations contained in the constituency commission's 2004 report on Dáil constituencies, which was based on the 2002 census of population, I expect to publish a Bill early in 2005 to implement the commission's recommendations.
Section 5 of the Electoral Act 1997 requires that when the Central Statistics Office publishes its report on a census of population, a constituency commission be established to report on the Dáil and European constituencies. There are no proposals to amend this requirement.
