572 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish an independent Electoral Commission to take responsibility for electoral administration and oversight; if this commission will have the function of implementing modern efficient practices for the conduct of elections; if it will become a standing Constituency Commission for the revision of constituency boundaries; if its terms of reference will stress the importance of avoiding, where at all possible, the division of small counties or small parts of counties into separate constituencies; if it will take charge of the compilation of a new national rolling electoral register; if it will take over the functions of the Standards in Public Office Commission in relation to electoral expenditure; and if it will examine the issue of financing of the political system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18854/07]

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572 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish an independent Electoral Commission to take responsibility for electoral administration and oversight; if this commission will have the function of implementing modern efficient practices for the conduct of elections; if it will become a standing Constituency Commission for the revision of constituency boundaries; if its terms of reference will stress the importance of avoiding, where at all possible, the division of small counties or small parts of counties into separate constituencies; if it will take charge of the compilation of a new national rolling electoral register; if it will take over the functions of the Standards in Public Office Commission in relation to electoral expenditure; and if it will examine the issue of financing of the political system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18854/07]

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