Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the register of electors based on the revised Dáil Éireann constituencies will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22317/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 implemented the Constituency Commission's 2004 recommendations in relation to Dáil constituencies. The revised constituencies will come into force on the dissolution of the Dáil and will be effective for the next general election; in the period up to the dissolution of the Dáil, the existing constituencies apply for any bye-elections which may be held.

The compilation and maintenance of the register of electors is a matter for each local registration authority. In July 2005 my Department wrote to local authorities requesting that the current register of electors should be adapted so that both the existing and the revised constituencies could be identified from it. All local authorities have confirmed that the appropriate adaptations have been made and that copies of the register for the revised constituencies are available on request.