Electoral Reform Act 2022
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Public submissions | ||
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59. (1) The Commission shall, as soon as may be following the commencement of its constituency reviews under section 56 , give public notice (in both the Irish and English languages) of its intention to prepare a report relating to— | ||
(a) in the case of a report under section 57 (1)(a) — | ||
(i) the constituencies for the election of members to Dáil Éireann, and | ||
(ii) the constituencies for the election of members of the European Parliament, | ||
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(b) in the case of a report under section 57 (1)(b), the constituencies for the election of members of the European Parliament only. | ||
(2) In the case of a report under section 57 (1)(a), the Commission shall prepare— | ||
(a) a statement setting out the relevant provisions of the Constitution in relation to Dáil constituencies to which the Commission is required to observe, and | ||
(b) statements based on the preliminary result of the most recent census of population of the State showing, for the constituencies for the time being in force for Dáil and European elections, in relation to each constituency— | ||
(i) the number of members of Dáil Éireann or the European Parliament, as the case may be, | ||
(ii) the population of the constituency, | ||
(iii) the population per member of Dáil Éireann or the European Parliament, as the case may be, of the constituency, and | ||
(iv) the percentage variation of population per member of Dáil Éireann or the European Parliament, as the case may be, of the constituency from the national average population per member. | ||
(3) The statements prepared by the Commission, and any submissions received by it, under this section shall be made available free of charge by the Commission, to any person wishing to examine them, in accordance with the public notice referred to in subsection (1). | ||
(4) The public notice referred to in subsection (1) shall indicate that the statements prepared by the Commission under this section shall be made available free of charge by the Commission, to any person wishing to examine them, in such a manner as shall be specified in the notice. | ||
(5) The public notice referred to in subsection (1) shall indicate that— | ||
(a) any person may make a submission to the Commission in such manner and within such period (which shall not be less than three months in the case of a report referred to in subsection (1)(a) and not less than one month in the case of a report referred to in subsection (1)(b)), as shall be specified in the notice, | ||
(b) any submissions received by the Commission in the manner and within the period specified in the notice shall be made available free of charge by the Commission, to any person wishing to examine them, in such manner and within such period as shall be specified in the notice. | ||
(6) The Commission shall consider every submission made to it in accordance with a public notice referred to in subsection (1). |