Electoral Reform Act 2022

58

Laying of constituency review reports

58. (1) Where the Commission has conducted constituency reviews under section 56(1)(a), it shall, not later than 3 months after the publication of the final result of every census of population of the State, present the reports prepared by the Commission under section 57(1)(a) to the Joint Oireachtas Committee and lay those reports before each House of the Oireachtas.

(2) Where the Commission has conducted constituency reviews under section 56(1)(b), it shall, not later than 2 months after receiving a written direction from the Minister under section 56(1)(b) present to the Joint Oireachtas Committee and lay before each House of the Oireachtas a report prepared under section 57(1)(b) containing the recommendations of the Commission in relation to the constituencies for the election of members of the European Parliament and any alteration of those constituencies which the Commission considers appropriate.