Seanad debates
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages
4:45 pm
Jimmy Harte (Labour) | Oireachtas source
The renaming of constituencies is an ongoing problem. In the Australian model, the constituencies are named after persons and there is no geography involved. One could have the Hogan or Cullinane constituency or, perhaps in Cork, a Keane constituency. It might take some of the parochialism out of it.
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