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class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #ededed">Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed"><a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:center;"><div style="margin: 0 4em"><b><a href="/wiki/Long_title" class="mw-redirect" title="Long title">Long title</a></b></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">An Act to provide for the number of members of Dáil Éireann; for the revision of constituencies and for the number of members to be elected for such constituencies; to amend the Electoral Act 1997; and to provide for matters connected therewith. </div> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/enacted/en/html">No. 39 of 2017</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signed</th><td class="infobox-data">23 December 2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commenced</th><td class="infobox-data">23 December 2017 & 14 January 2020</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Legislative history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bill citation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2017/137/">No. 137 of 2017</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Housing,_Local_Government_and_Heritage" title="Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage">Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eoghan_Murphy" title="Eoghan Murphy">Eoghan Murphy</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduced</th><td class="infobox-data">20 November 2017</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed"><a href="/wiki/Repeal" title="Repeal">Repeals</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_(D%C3%A1il_Constituencies)_Act_2013" title="Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013">Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Repealed by</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">8 November 2024</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"><b>Status:</b> <a href="/wiki/Repeal" title="Repeal">Repealed</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017</b> (No. 39) is a <a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Law of the Republic of Ireland">law of Ireland</a> which revised <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituencies" title="Dáil constituencies">Dáil constituencies</a>. It took effect on the dissolution of the <a href="/wiki/32nd_D%C3%A1il" title="32nd Dáil">32nd Dáil</a> on 14 January 2020 and a <a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">general election</a> for the <a href="/wiki/33rd_D%C3%A1il" title="33rd Dáil">33rd Dáil</a> on the revised constituencies took place on 8 February 2020. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2016_census_of_Ireland" title="2016 census of Ireland">2016 census</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Housing,_Local_Government_and_Heritage" title="Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage">Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government</a> established an independent <a href="/wiki/Constituency_Commission" title="Constituency Commission">Constituency Commission</a> under terms of the Electoral Act 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commission was chaired by Robert Haughton, judge of the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)" title="High Court (Ireland)">High Court</a>, and delivered its report in June 2017. It proposed several changes to Dáil constituencies, increasing the number of seats in the Dáil from 158 to 160, while the number of constituencies were reduced by 1 to 39.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Act implemented the recommendations of this report and repealed the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_(D%C3%A1il_Constituencies)_Act_2013" title="Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013">Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013</a>, which had defined the constituencies used since the <a href="/wiki/2016_Irish_general_election" title="2016 Irish general election">2016 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It increased the range for future revisions by the <a href="/wiki/Constituency_Commission" title="Constituency Commission">Constituency Commission</a> of Dáil constituencies from between 153 and 160 TDs in 2011 legislation, to between 166 and 172 TDs.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This act was repealed by the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_Act_2023" title="Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023">Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023</a>, which took effect on the dissolution of the 33rd Dáil and will be in use at the <a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_general_election" title="2024 Irish general election">2024 general election</a>, to be held on 29 November 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Revised_constituencies">Revised constituencies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Created </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlow%E2%80%93Kilkenny_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)">Carlow–Kilkenny</a> </td> <td>1948 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cavan%E2%80%93Monaghan_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)">Cavan–Monaghan</a> </td> <td>1977 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Clare (Dáil constituency)">Clare</a> </td> <td>1921 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork East (Dáil constituency)">Cork East</a> </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_North-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)">Cork North-Central</a> </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_North-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork North-West (Dáil constituency)">Cork North-West</a> </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_South-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)">Cork South-Central</a> </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork South-West (Dáil constituency)">Cork South-West</a> </td> <td>1961 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Donegal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal (Dáil constituency)">Donegal</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Bay_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Bay North (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Bay North</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Bay_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Bay South</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Central</a> </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Fingal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Fingal</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Mid-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Mid-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Mid-West</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_North-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North-West</a> </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Rathdown_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Rathdown (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Rathdown</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South-Central</a> </td> <td>1948 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South-West</a> </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin West</a> </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BAn_Laoghaire_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)">Dún Laoghaire</a> </td> <td>1977 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Galway_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Galway East (Dáil constituency)">Galway East</a> </td> <td>1977 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Galway_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Galway West (Dáil constituency)">Galway West</a> </td> <td>1937 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerry_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kerry (Dáil constituency)">Kerry</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kildare_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare North (Dáil constituency)">Kildare North</a> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kildare_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare South (Dáil constituency)">Kildare South</a> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Laois%E2%80%93Offaly_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)">Laois–Offaly</a> </td> <td>2020 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Limerick_City_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick City (Dáil constituency)">Limerick City</a> </td> <td>2011 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Limerick_County_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick County (Dáil constituency)">Limerick County</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Longford%E2%80%93Westmeath_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Longford–Westmeath (Dáil constituency)">Longford–Westmeath</a> </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Louth_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Louth (Dáil constituency)">Louth</a> </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mayo_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Mayo (Dáil constituency)">Mayo</a> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Meath_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Meath East (Dáil constituency)">Meath East</a> </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Meath_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Meath West (Dáil constituency)">Meath West</a> </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roscommon%E2%80%93Galway_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Roscommon–Galway (Dáil constituency)">Roscommon–Galway</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sligo%E2%80%93Leitrim_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)">Sligo–Leitrim</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tipperary_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Tipperary (Dáil constituency)">Tipperary</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waterford_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Waterford (Dáil constituency)">Waterford</a> </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wexford_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Wexford (Dáil constituency)">Wexford</a> </td> <td>1921 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wicklow_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Wicklow (Dáil constituency)">Wicklow</a> </td> <td>1923 </td> <td>5 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Change_in_seats">Change in seats</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_(Amendment)_(D%C3%A1il_Constituencies)_Act_2017&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Change in seats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This table summarises the changes in representation but does not address revisions to the boundaries of constituencies. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Seats 2016 </th> <th>Seats 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cavan%E2%80%93Monaghan_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)">Cavan–Monaghan</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Central</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kildare_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare South (Dáil constituency)">Kildare South</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constituencies_abolished">Constituencies abolished</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_(Amendment)_(D%C3%A1il_Constituencies)_Act_2017&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Constituencies abolished"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Area now in </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Laois_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Laois (Dáil constituency)">Laois</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laois%E2%80%93Offaly_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)">Laois–Offaly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tipperary_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Tipperary (Dáil constituency)">Tipperary</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Offaly_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Offaly (Dáil constituency)">Offaly</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laois%E2%80%93Offaly_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)">Laois–Offaly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kildare_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare South (Dáil constituency)">Kildare South</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_constituencies">New constituencies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_(Amendment)_(D%C3%A1il_Constituencies)_Act_2017&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: New constituencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Area from </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Laois%E2%80%93Offaly_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)">Laois–Offaly</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laois_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Laois (Dáil constituency)">Laois</a> and <a href="/wiki/Offaly_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Offaly (Dáil constituency)">Offaly</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_(Amendment)_(D%C3%A1il_Constituencies)_Act_2017&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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No. 374 of 2016</a>). Signed on 14 July 2016. Statutory Instrument of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government of Ireland</a>. Retrieved from <a href="/wiki/Irish_Statute_Book" title="Irish Statute Book">Irish Statute Book</a> on 16 December 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constituency%20Commission%20Report%202017.pdf">"Constituency Commission Report 2017"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Constituency_Commission" title="Constituency Commission">Constituency Commission</a></i>. 27 June 2017. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201111225015/http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/Constituency%20Commission%20Report%202017.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 11 November 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Constituency+Commission&rft.atitle=Constituency+Commission+Report+2017&rft.date=2017-06-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.constituency-commission.ie%2Fdocs%2FConstituency%2520Commission%2520Report%25202017.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElectoral+%28Amendment%29+%28D%C3%A1il+Constituencies%29+Act+2017" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, s. 6: Repeal (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/section/6/enacted/en/html">No. 39 of 2017, s. 6</a>). Enacted on 23 December 2017. Act of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a>. Retrieved from <a href="/wiki/Irish_Statute_Book" title="Irish Statute Book">Irish Statute Book</a> on 5 October 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, s. 5: Amendment of section 6(2) of Electoral Act 1997 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/section/5/enacted/en/html">No. 39 of 2017, s. 5</a>). Enacted on 23 December 2017. Act of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a>. Retrieved from <a href="/wiki/Irish_Statute_Book" title="Irish Statute Book">Irish Statute Book</a> on 16 December 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_Act_2023" title="Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023">Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023</a>, s. 6: Repeal (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2023/act/40/section/6/enacted/en/html">No. 40 of 2023, s. 6</a>). Enacted on 19 December 2023. Act of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a>. Retrieved from <a href="/wiki/Irish_Statute_Book" title="Irish Statute Book">Irish Statute Book</a> on 8 November 2024.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/39/schedule/enacted/en/html">No. 39 of 2017, Schedule</a>). Enacted on 23 December 2017. Act of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a>. 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