Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The terms of reference set down for the Constituency Commission stated that it should, in observing the relevant provisions of the Constitution on Dáil constituencies, have regard to the total number of Members of the Dáil and the need to avoid, as far as practicable, the breach of county boundaries. It obviously did not adhere to this.

Of the 40 constituencies which will come into existence if this Bill is passed, 22 will breach county boundaries. Surely a better job should have been done in that regard. On the naming of the constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, was any effort made to recognise the fact that more than 13,000 Cavan people and 7,000 Donegal people will be in this newly formed constituency?