An order has been made for the amalgamation of eight superintendent registrars districts and 19 registrars districts in County Donegal with effect from 1 April 1999. This is part of an ongoing national programme to amalgamate superintendent registrars' and registrars' districts and since 1993 a number of statutory instruments have been made by An tArd Chláraitheoir with the approval of the Minister for Health and Children to amalgamate districts in almost every county. The effect of these orders is to simplify the administration of the registration system, by amalgamating adjacent superintendent registrars' and registrars' districts, in particular where districts were administered by the same registrar, to allow the registration service to function in a more efficient and effective manner.
The amalgamations in Donegal were fully discussed with the North-Western Health Board, which is the superintendent registrar in question and I am satisfied that local needs were taken into account before the recommendations for the amalgamations were finalised.
