Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 (No.

Following the 2016 census, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government established an independent Constituency Commission under terms of the Electoral Act 1997.

[1] The commission was chaired by Robert Haughton, judge of the High Court, and delivered its report in June 2017.

[2] The Act implemented the recommendations of this report and repealed the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, which had defined the constituencies used since the 2016 general election.

[5] This table summarises the changes in representation but does not address revisions to the boundaries of constituencies.