Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I second Senator Gerard Craughwell's amendment to the Order of Business. In doing so, I encourage the Leader to ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to come to the House as soon as possible to discuss a number of issues relating to that portfolio.

The preliminary 2016 census results, which have just been published, show that the population of Cavan has risen by 4% to 76,092 and that the population of Monaghan has risen by 1.3% to 61,273. I ask the Leader to inquire when a Constituency Commission will be formed to examine the drawing up of boundaries for the next general election, as it is well known that my county of Cavan was butchered by that commission when it last met. Senator O'Reilly will agree with me on that.