Shaking up the Dáil
Boundary changes will make gender quotas harder to meet, coalition leaders admit
More three-seat constituencies will make meeting the new 40 per cent quota for female candidates even more difficult for large parties
New gender quotas for general election candidates will be made even more “challenging” due to constituency boundary changes, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Micheál Martin have admitted.
The Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil leaders were speaking to the Business Post after the Electoral Commission delivered its highly anticipated constituency boundary changes.
While the changes are thought broadly to favour the larger parties, the creation of even more three-seater constituencies will make meeting the new 40 ...