Seanad debates

Friday, 19 July 2013

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Second Stage

 

1:00 pm

Photo of Caít KeaneCaít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am pleased to welcome the Bill. As the Minister has said, the legislation allows for the establishment of the European Parliament constituencies. We all know that they will be changed and we will lose one of our Irish MEPs when the European Parliament elections take place. At present, there are many MEPs in the North-West constituency and it must take into account people from one end of the country to another. The constituency is huge and the change will make it larger. The area will be so large that it stretches from Dingle to Tramore in the south and from Wexford to Dundalk in the east. Each constituency, including Dublin, has three seats, but the number of MEPs will be reduced from 12 to 11. There will be a change and the Boundary Commission has reported.

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