Electoral Commission Administration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 January 2017

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Questions (292)

Bobby Aylward

Question:

292. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 18 October 2016, when the boundary review commission established to examine the boundary between counties Kilkenny and Waterford is expected to publish its concluding report in view of the fact that it is now ten months past the initial deadline for publication of 31 March 2016; the amount of money spent to date or the amount of funding approved by his Department on the process in respect of the Carlow-Kilkenny examination only from establishment in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3963/17]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

The report of the Waterford Boundary Review Committee was submitted to me in late December 2016. I will be considering it along with the other boundary reports, which I intend to address as part of the overall report on local government matters to be submitted to Government and the Oireachtas in mid-2017 under the Programme for a Partnership Government.

General expenses recouped to date specifically in relation to the Carlow and Waterford boundary review committees amount to €8,051.