Amendment No. 2 similarly seeks to amendment section 3(2) by inserting "following consultation with An Coimisiún Toghcháin" after the reference to the Minister. It is included in the draft research programme for An Coimisiún Toghcháin.
Amendment No. 4 proposes to insert a new section 5 to require An Coimisiún Toghcháin to undertake detailed research within a period of two years from the enactment of the Bill on the abolition of three-seat constituencies and on a system that has a fixed sized Dáil and a fixed number of constituencies, with the number of Members to be elected for each constituency to be changed from time to time so as to be aligned with changes in the distribution of population throughout the State. That is why we established An Coimisiún Toghcháin and assigned it a very specific function to carry out research on electoral matters.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Lynn Ruane and Marie Sherlock; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Joe O'Reilly.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: | Carried | 26–12 |
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