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New boundaries for Dáil constituencies

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  • 23-10-2007 3:26pm
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    ciaran76
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    Dublin North loses parts of Swords and the area around Dublin Airport to Dublin West, which gains a fourth seat.

    I know its not a D.15 but I think it effects the D.15 area.

    I didn't think they would spread it out as far as Swords which I find strange.


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    Nevyn
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    I think they are looking at making the fingal area a politcal area as well.

    Have you any links to reports on this ?


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    ciaran76
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    Only this from RTE really...


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1023/dail.html


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    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    http://www.constituency-commission.ie/newreports.htm


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    ciaran76
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    I dont think there is a huge population in that new area to be honest.


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    Zaph
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    The large increase in population is in D15 itself, but adding that bit in probably doesn't affect the new ratio of TDs to constituents (1:30,000 is the requirement), while taking some pressure off Dublin North where it was thought that they might gain an extra seat.


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    jlang
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    Still, though, it'll be odd for people who consider themselves Swords to vote in Dublin West, but not as odd as Offaly people voting with Tipp. Long term, I expect the constituency boundaries to move towards the Liffey, the M50 and the "county council" boundaries but there's a policy of only shifting boundaries where there is a need to balance population numbers so a radical sensible-izing is unlikely to happen.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,278 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    ciaran76 wrote: »
    I dont think there is a huge population in that new area to be honest.

    http://www.constituency-commission.ie/docs/con2007.pdf
    The Commission recommends that Dublin West, the constituency with the largest variance from national average representation, should be allocated the additional seat (to become a 4-seater) and that population in Dublin North in excess of what is required for its 4 seats should be transferred to support Dublin West as a 4-seater and reduce the variance in Dublin North-East. The proposed transfers are: 12,768 population in the Swords-Forrest/Airport areas to move from Dublin North to Dublin West and 9,021 population in the Portmarnock and Balgriffin areas to move from Dublin North to Dublin North-East; in addition, some 180 population in the Priorswood area of Dublin City should transfer from Dublin North to Dublin North-East.


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