Brian Stanley
Question:838 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the findings on the review of general and local election boundaries. [18340/12]
View answerWednesday, 18 April 2012
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Section 9(1) of the Electoral Act 1997, as amended, requires a Constituency Commission to present its report to the Chairman of the Dáil no later than three months after the publication by the Central Statistics Office of the final results of the Census in respect of the total population of the State. The final results of the 2011 Census were published on 29 March 2012. Therefore the Constituency Commission which I established in July 2011 must present its report on Dáil and European Parliament constituencies to the Chairman of the Dáil no later than 29 June 2012.
Following the publication of that report and having regard to its recommendations on Dáil constituencies and any related subsequent decisions by the Oireachtas I will give consideration to arrangements for the review of local electoral areas. I will also have regard to the final results of Census 2011 and to Government decisions on local government reform including the establishment of unified local authorities in Limerick and Tipperary.
Question No. 839 answered with Question No. 806.
Question No. 840 answered with Question No. 816.