Ruth Coppinger
Ceist:2222. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the Constituency Commission's report will be published. [28018/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 20 June 2017
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Freagraí scríofa
Section 5 of the Electoral Act 1997 provides for the establishment of a Constituency Commission upon publication by the Central Statistics Office of preliminary census results. Census 2016 was taken on 24 April 2016. The function of the Constituency Commission is to make a report on the constituencies for the election of members of the Dáil and for the election of members of the European Parliament, having regard to Article 16 of the Constitution and to the provisions of sections 6(2) and 6(3) of the Act. Following publication of the preliminary census results on 14 July 2016, the Constituency Commission (Establishment) Order 2016 was made establishing the current Constituency Commission to begin work on its report on Dáil and European Parliament constituencies.
Section 9 of the Electoral Act 1997 provides that the Constituency Commission must present its report to the Chairperson of the Dáil no later than 3 months after the publication of final census results. These results were published on 6 April 2017 and, therefore, the Constituency Commission must present its report to the Chairperson of the Dáil no later than 6 July 2017.