Register of Electors.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 March 2005

Tuesday, 22 March 2005

Questions (669)

Arthur Morgan

Question:

668 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons in the State who are entitled to vote; the number of persons who are registered to vote; the breakdown of this information by local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9128/05]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche)

To be entitled to vote, a person must be 18 years of age or over and his or her name must be entered on the register of electors for the locality in which he or she ordinarily resides. A person's citizenship determines the polls at which he or she is entitled to vote. Details of the number of persons on the register of electors for 2004-05, broken down by category of election and on a local authority basis, are set out in the following table:

Register of Electors 2004/2005

Local Authority Area	Presidential	European	Dáil	Local
Cork City Council	88,874	89,504	89,827	90,301
Dublin City Council	336,795	341,813	342,421	349,285
Galway City Council	41,925	42,325	42,451	43,039
Limerick City Council	37,649	37,741	37,758	38,131
Waterford City Council	29,290	29,622	29,679	29,746
Carlow County Council	37,914	38,143	38,189	38,373
Cavan County Council	47,258	47,496	47,553	47,714
Clare County Council	83,351	84,834	85,010	86,002
Cork County Council	265,657	270,557	271,518	273,533
Donegal County Council	116,125	116,966	117,049	117,445
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	148,125	150,499	151,268	152,899
Fingal County Council	138,807	140,829	141,024	143,673
Galway County Council	118,937	120,375	120,686	121,054
Kerry County Council	106,377	108,687	109,126	110,435
Kildare County Council	127,162	128,346	128,615	129,368
Kilkenny County Council	64,218	64,570	64,677	65,053
Laois County Council	46,775	47,000	47,040	47,222
Leitrim County Council	22,875	23,331	23,401	23,562
Limerick County Council	94,500	95,059	95,190	95,450
Longford County Council	27,029	27,313	27,339	27,591
Louth County Council	82,501	82,838	82,927	84,096
Mayo County Council	96,888	98,278	98,415	98,756
Meath County Council	116,300	117,254	117,427	118,387
Monaghan County Council	44,074	44,173	44,188	44,415
North Tipperary County Council	51,358	51,740	51,786	51,902
Offaly County Council	51,930	52,332	52,379	52,615
Roscommon County Council	45,398	46,039	46,089	46,539
Sligo County Council	46,861	47,493	47,616	47,906
South Dublin County Council	175,139	176,443	176,745	179,187
South Tipperary County Council	61,518	62,265	62,350	62,578
Waterford County Council	45,687	46,329	46,383	46,494
Westmeath County Council	57,740	58,232	58,357	58,756
Wexford County Council	98,705	99,830	100,001	100,527
Wicklow County Council	87,947	89,470	89,647	90,354
Totals	3,041,689	3,077,726	3,084,131	3,112,388