Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I know it is a difficult task. It is like being handed a jigsaw with rules that mean it is hard for one to make all the pieces fit, so one takes out a Stanley knife or a sharp blade and starts cutting up the pieces of the jigsaw. I have told the Minister previously about the terrible thing about it from my point of view. I recognise that it is difficult to stick within the county boundaries, where possible. At the very least, one should try to keep some link between local authority boundaries and Dáil constituencies. I am dealing with three local authorities at the moment. That is very difficult. I have the authorities in the Laoighis-Offaly constituency and I will have the authority in Kildare.