Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005

In July 2003, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government established an independent Constituency Commission under terms of the Electoral Act 1997.

[1] The commission was chaired by Vivian Lavan, judge of the High Court, and delivered its report in January 2004.

[2][3] The Act implemented the recommendations of this report and repealed the Electoral (Amendment) (No.

[4] The size of the Dáil remained at 166, arranged in 43 constituencies (an increase in one since the previous revision).

[5] It also made an amendment the Electoral Act 1997 to clarify an issue raised by the Standards in Public Office Commission in relation to the definition of election expenses.