The Constituency Commission has reported by to the Oireachtas following from the results of the 2016 census. The Constituency Commission has recommended an addition of 2 seats bring the number of seats in the Dail to 160 from 158. Dublin will gain one seat in Dublin Central, while the second seat gain goes to Cavan-Monaghan which both become 5 seaters. The constituencies of Offaly and Laoise will merge with a number of other constituencies bring the number of constituencies down from 40 to 39. The European Parliament constituencies will have no changes made.