Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to the 2018 report of the European Parliament Constituency Committee. As the Leader is aware, there is a proposal to increase the number of seats for Ireland from 11 to 13. However, if one looks at the map, the obvious place to increase the number of Members, with respect to the Clerk, would be the Midlands-North-West constituency. It has four seats currently but the Members elected from that constituency should take on responsibility for representing the people of Northern Ireland who will be disenfranchised when the United Kingdom leaves the European Union. I believe it would be appropriate if that area was to be allocated an extra two seats.