Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2013
347. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the details of the new local election boundaries affecting a town (details supplied) in County Meath; the practical implications of this in terms of engineering and administration services to these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44143/13]
View answerIn the Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report 2013 it is recommended that County Meath be divided into the six local electoral areas of Kells, Navan, Trim, Ratoath, Ashbourne and Laytown-Bettystown for the election of 40 members to the county council. Each local electoral area is comprised of a number of electoral divisions. These are listed in the report. I understand that the town of Duleek is partly in the Duleek electoral division, which will be in the Laytown-Bettystown local electoral area, and partly in the Ardcath electoral division which will be in the Ashbourne local electoral area.
In publishing the report of the committee on 30 May 2013, I announced that I accepted in full the recommendations therein and would make, in due course, the necessary local electoral area orders to give them effect. The local electoral areas specified in these orders, and the number of members to be elected for each area, will apply at the 2014 local elections. It will be a matter for Meath County Council and the members elected for the two relevant local electoral areas to ensure that the services provided for Duleek and the surrounding area are inclusive.
