Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)

The Minister referred to new legislation to ensure a commission will be established for preliminary census figures. I expect this will happen some time during 2010. Thereafter, the final census figures will be the deciding figures. I ask the Minister to consider carefully breaches of boundaries. Not only did the commission breach the boundary but it annexed half of Limerick into Kerry. As a Limerick man and as a fellow Munchins man, the Minister will be fully aware of how the people of Limerick East view being represented. I will continue to represent them because they have elected me but the report makes no sense. I assume the Minister will bring that part of the constituency back in before the next election. I wonder if he expects the Government to last that long.

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