(1) Where the polls at a Dáil election and a European election are taken on the same day, the following subsections shall have effect.

(2) In case a candidate at the European election in a European Parliament constituency is also a candidate at the Dáil election in a Dáil constituency situate within the said European Parliament constituency -

(a) the candidate shall appoint the same person as election agent under section 28 in respect of the European Parliament constituency and the Dáil constituency concerned;

(b) the aggregate of election expenses which may be incurred on behalf of the candidate at the elections shall not exceed the amount specified in an order made by the Minister under subsection (1) of section 33 in respect of election expenses of a candidate at a European election, together with three quarters of the amount specified in subsection (1)(a) of section 32 appropriate to the Dáil constituency (having regard in each case to section 3);