Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 151: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the proposed boundary changes to Dáil constituencies will be announced by the Constituency Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2664/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Section 9(1) of the Electoral Act 1997 requires a Constituency Commission to present its report to the Chairman of the Dáil no later than three months after the publication by the Central Statistics Office of the final results of the Census in respect of the total population of the State. I understand that the CSO intends to publish the final results of the 2011 Census at the end of March 2012.