Pat Gallagher (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, are related and No. 6 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 5. Amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, may be discussed together.

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I move amendment No. 1:

In page 7, to delete lines 32 and 33 and substitute the following:

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Dublin North East	In the city of Dublin the electoral divisions of:	Five

Pat Gallagher (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Is Deputy Cowen pressing his amendment?

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Is the amendment being accepted?

John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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No.

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I move amendment No. 5:

In page 14, to delete line 32 and substitute the following:

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Louth and East Meath	The county of Louth;	Five

Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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If the Minister of State or the Government were cognisant of the thrust of these amendments in that they seek to recognise the historical significance and geographical location of the constituencies in the previous commission and this one, as referred to by Deputy Ó Cuív, the next time a commission is asked to do a job of work the terms of reference might allow for the Dáil and-or the commission to have greater cognisance of the historical nature of the sites and their topography and to allow that to be reflected in the name of the constituency.

John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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It is the practice that the commission sets the names. As Deputy Ó Cuív mentioned, this report has so many small parcels of counties in different constituencies. I accept the fact that the case in Louth is larger than other examples but there are numerous constituency names and if they were to be fully reflective of the counties that are included, we could have very strange constituency names as things stand. The broader question is how we try to ensure that county boundaries are kept intact when we are doing work on future commissions. That is a job for the electoral commission and it is hoped that legislation will come before the House next year.

Declan Breathnach (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I move amendment No. 6:

In page 14, to delete line 32 and substitute the following:

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Louth and Coastal Meath	The county of Louth	Five