IE-2014-act-2 — European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2014

Definition 1. In this Act “Principal Act” means the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 . Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act 2. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting 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 January 2013.”. Substitution of Third Schedule to Principal Act 3. The Principal Act is amended as respects European elections held after 1 January 2014 by substituting the following Schedule for the Third Schedule to that Act: “THIRD SCHEDULE Section 15. Constituencies Constituency Area Number of Members Dublin The counties of: Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin; and the city of Dublin. 3 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. 4 South The counties of: Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Limerick, North Tipperary, South Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow; and the cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford. 4 ”. Short title, construction and collective citation 4. (1) This Act may be cited as the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2014. (2) The European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2013 and this Act shall be read together as one and this Act shall be included in the collective citation “European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2014”.