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DUBLIN IS SET to get an additional four TDs, with the current 5-seater constituency of Fingal to be split into two 3-seater constituencies under changes recommended by the Electoral Commission.
The Electoral Commission published its Constituency Review report this morning. The commission recommends changes which will lead to 14 additional TDs, bringing the total figure to 174.
It has also been recommended that four new constituencies be created.
One of these constituencies will be in Dublin, with a recommendation that the current 5-seater Dublin Fingal, be split into two 3-seater constituencies, Dublin Fingal West and Dublin Fingal East.
Meanwhile, three other Dublin constituencies will gain a TD under the recommendations: Dublin West will change from a 4-seater to a 5-seater; Dublin Rathdown will change from a 3-seater to a 4-seater; and Dublin Mid-West will change from a 4-seater to a 5-seater.
The remaining Dublin constituencies will not change in terms of seats. There had been some speculation that other constituencies would gain a seat.
This included Dublin Central – the constituency of Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald – but this was not recommended by the Electoral Commission.
Boundary changes
The Commission has recommended a number of boundary changes in Dublin, which will see Electoral Districts move from one constituency to another.
These changes can have significant impacts on sitting TDs re-electability, as they gain or lose voters based on the changes.
For example, former Dublin North-West Fine Gael TD Noel Rock lost his seat in the 2020 General Election following boundary changes which he said has lost him 20% of his voters “at the stroke of a pen”.
The changes saw large swathes of Dublin North-West moved into the Dublin Central constituency.
Here are some of the most significant boundary change recommendations for Dublin, which will see thousands of potential voters moved between constituencies:
Dublin Fingal will be halved and split along east and west into two new 3-seater constituencies.
Dublin North-West will gain the electoral districts of Beaumont B, Beaumont F and Kilmore A from Dublin Bay North. It will also lose areas of Blanchardstown and the Airport area to Dublin West and Dublin Fingal West respectively.
Dublin Rathdown will gain the electoral districts of Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Foxrock-Torquay and Foxrock-Carrickmines from Dún Laoghaire.
The district of Tallaght-Fettercairn will move from Dublin South-West to Dublin Mid-West.
Dublin South-West will gain the districts of Templeogue-Kimmage Manor, Terenure-Greentrees, Terenure-Cherryfield from Dublin South Central.
Meanwhile, the district of Kimmage C will move from Dublin Bay South to Dublin South-Central.
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I believe that Greater Manchester has a similar population to Ireland, and is represented (completely adequately) by, er, 27 MPs! Fewer TDs would surely mean money saved? And fewer NIMBY, or even IMBY, decisions?
Your belief is incorrect.
I remember George Hook used to use the ‘greater Manchester’ line nearly every day to snear at our country so I had to do my own research as I suspected he was incorrect.
The statistics confirm that the population of our country is more than twice the population of GM.
@donal O’brien: So all we need is 54 TD’s then. Thanks for clarifying that.
@David Corrigan: they have a much stronger local government setup with more councillors and officials. And the UK has parliaments in Scotland Wales and NI
@: That is assuming the UK is the ideal standard of political representation…(it very much is not)
@donal O’brien: We definitely don’t get good output from our representatives. The majority of them contribute nothing and are only heard at election times.
@: Yeah. Lets copy what they do in the UK. They’re a great role model :)
Referendum needed to reduce the amount of tds to max 100. Gravy train needs to stop
We need more GPs in the communities more doctors and nurses in our hospitals and more Guards on our streets to deal with the increase in population…we do not need more TDs and spending more money on politicians
What about the rest of the country or is it only Dublin that matters come general election time?
@Douglaslad: I’m sure they are current writing the articles about the new Laois, Offally and Wicklow- Wexford constituencies and the other changes
@Douglaslad: Yes.
@donal O’brien: Tell me where is there any mention of Cork which happens to be the second most populated county in the country or other Munster and Connaught counties for that matter this is typical carry on of the Dublin centric Journal.ie.
That’ll probably save Leo his seat.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: By changing from a 5 seat to a 3 seat. Explain your logic there
@andy masterson: The old constituency now has 6 seats.
so, Donabate, Rush, Lusk, Skerries etc. will all reside in the Dublin Fingal West constituency while actually being located further East than Swords, Balgriffin etc. which will be in Dublin Fingal East constituency.
Well done, lads.
@Conrad Stapletwin: my same thought. Why not Fingal South and Fingal North? I live in Rush and can see the sea from my road, I could barely be more East.
Will D6W post code be gone now?
Referendum on increasing the numbers per TD badly needed! Did the commission take into account the number of houses planned. for in the given constituencies?
so, Donabate, Rush, Lusk, Skerries etc. will all reside in the Dublin Fingal West constituency while actually being located further East than Swords, Balgriffin etc. which now reside in the Dublin Fingal East constituency.
@Conrad Stapletwin: where did you see that?
@Mary Conneely: in the article.
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