15.—(1) The constituencies for which candidates shall be elected under this Act to be representatives in the Parliament shall be those specified in the Third Schedule and the number of representatives to be so elected for such a constituency shall be the number specified in respect thereof in the third column of that Schedule.

(2) The Minister shall, having considered any report presented on statutory authority to each House of the Oireachtas recommending any alteration in the constituencies for which candidates shall be elected under this Act to be representatives in the Parliament, and not later than the first day of December, 2003 and at least once in every ten years thereafter, submit to the Oireachtas proposals for a review of the said constituencies.

F32[(3) An area specified in the Third Schedule shall be taken to be that area as constituted on 1 October 2023.]

F33[(4) Sections 28 and 29 of the Local Government Act 2019 shall apply for the purposes of the holding of European elections in the year 2019 as they apply for the purposes of the holding of local elections in that year, subject to the following modifications in section 28—

(a) by the substitution of “European” for “local government” in paragraph (b) of subsection (1),

(b) by the substitution of “European” for “local government” in subsection (2), and

(c) by the substitution of “this Act” for “Part 4 of the Principal Act” in subsection (3).]