John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 3, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:

"Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act3.Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

"(3) Subject to subsection (4), an area specified in the Third Schedule shall be taken to be that area as constituted on 1 September 2018.",

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

"(4) Sections 28 and 29 of the Local Government Act 2019 shall apply for the purposes of the holding of European elections in the year 2019 as they apply for the purposes of the holding of local elections in that year, subject to the following modifications in section 28—

(a) by the substitution of 'European' for 'local government' in paragraph (b) of subsection (1),

(b) by the substitution of 'European' for 'local government' in subsection (2), and

(c) by the substitution of ['this Act' for ‘Part 4 of the Principal Act’ in subsection (3).".".

The purpose of this amendment is to replace the existing section 3 with a revised version that includes additional provisions in respect of the holding of elections in Cork. These provisions are necessary due to the boundary change between the city and the county. We may have thought we were finished with that matter.

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