Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes. I will be very brief on it. Obviously, Deputies Smith, Farrell and I share a constituency. I am also acutely aware I am the Minister responsible for this legislation and since boundary reports were published and brought forward as proposals, since 1980 there have been no changes to the report itself, while recognising the points the Deputies have made. There may have been amendments tabled, but they were never accepted and passed.

There is an established practice around the acceptance of a boundary report in full and that includes its name.

Deputy Farrell has put forward a very cogent argument for what the name should be and Deputy Smith has done likewise. The names suggested, even by the two Deputies, differ so how do we adjudicate on that? Names are important. I know that all of us, and as a TD for the area, trust our electorate to understand and get used to the new constituencies. There are changes, particularly the boundaries. We see it in Dublin city where the line will be in Clongriffin and Balgriffin, which will take people some time to get used to.

I will be very straight and say that I am not inclined to accept an amendment in this space. My Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is actually responding today in detail to the Deputy's letter, and I do appreciate that. The matter could be raised with the commission next week insofar as feedback on the naming is concerned. There have been discussions on previous names. I know there were discussions about the name of Dublin Bay South and I recall there was discussions on previous boundaries. Deputy Bacik has said that there were discussions around that and people were unhappy with the name as they thought the name made it sound like a radio station.