Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We designed in the amendment a degree of flexibility that is based on what we anticipate the figures might be. We cannot anticipate the exact figures that will come out from the census. I think the preliminary figures will be due shortly. That range between 169 and 179 gives us a fair degree of flexibility with how we might anticipate what the population growth will be.