Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023

Amendment of European Parliament Elections Act 1997

5. The European Parliament Elections Act 1997 is amended—

(a) in section 15, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) An area specified in the Third Schedule shall be taken to be that area as constituted on 1 October 2023.”,

(b) in rule 88 of Part XI of the Second Schedule, by the deletion of paragraphs (5) and (6), and

(c) by the substitution of the following Schedule for the Third Schedule:

“Third Schedule

Section 15

Constituencies

Constituency

Area

Number of Members

Dublin

The counties of:

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin;

and the city of Dublin.

4

Midlands-North-West

The counties of:

Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath;

and the city of Galway.

5

South

The counties of:

Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow;

the cities and counties of Limerick and Waterford;

and the city of Cork.

5

”.