In April 2007, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government established an independent Constituency Commission under the terms of the Electoral Act 1997.
The commission was chaired by Iarfhlaith O'Neill, judge of the High Court, and delivered its report later in 2007.
[3] The Act implemented the recommendations of this report and repealed the Electoral (Amendment) (No.
[6] This was in response to finding of the High Court in Murphy v. Minister for Environment (2007).
This was in response to the finding of the Supreme Court in Cooney v. Minister for the Environment (2006).