Rebecca Moynihan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 16, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: "(2) Having regard to the publication on 22 June 2022 by the Central Statistics Office of the preliminary result of a census of population of the State, the establishment day, for the purposes of enabling the Commission to perform its functions under Chapter 7 of Part 2 with due expediency, shall be appointed as a day no later than 4 weeks from the passing of this Act.".

The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, confirmed to us on Committee Stage that it will be the electoral commission that establishes the Constituency Commission. For ease and to speed up the process to ensure people have certainty as to how the constituencies will look in advance of a general election, we are proposing that the Minister, under his or her current powers, should be the person to establish the Constituency Commission. This amendment gives effect to that.