Seanad debates
Thursday, 30 June 2005
Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Committee and Remaining Stages.
4:00 pm
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
I will return to the point I made earlier. This is essentially an issue of nomenclature and does not interfere with the principles of the commission. I must admit to the House, being a truthful man and a novice in office, that when this issue first arose I was disposed to agreeing. I then received advice as to why I should not, which is why I mentioned the nomenclature earlier. If we had decided to name the constituencies as, say, electoral districts 1 to 42, it would have lost the attraction and the romance——
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