Dáil debates
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages
8:35 pm
Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source
I move amendment No. 5:
In page 14, to delete line 32 and substitute the following:
"
Louth and East Meath The county of Louth; Five
".
I will not be pressing the amendment but I want to make a case, which is being supported by Deputy Breathnach. I am not hung up on the wording but with 22,000 people affected, it is a different constituency from the others like my own where there are small numbers moving in and out of counties. I believe there is a very strong case but in the interests of the tradition of not dividing on issues like this and giving some kind of impression that we are trying to interfere with the commission, I will not press the amendment.
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