Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013

The membership of the Dáil had stood at 166 TDs since the 1981 general election.

An amendment to electoral law in 2011 set the range of membership at between 153 and 160 TDs.

[1] In July 2011, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government established an independent Constituency Commission under the terms of the Electoral Act 1997.

[2] The commission was chaired by John Cooke, judge of the High Court, and delivered its report in June 2012.

[4] The size of the Dáil was reduced to 158 TDs, a reduction of 8, arranged in 40 constituencies.