asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state in respect of each Dáil constituency: (1) the population as ascertained at the last census; (2) the number of members under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935, and (3) the number of persons in the population per Dáil member.
Written Answers. - Dáil Constituencies.
I would refer the Deputy to Volume I of the Census of Population, 1936, Table V, page 8, which contains the information required under headings (1) and (2) of the question. As regards heading (3), the information is set out in the following table:—
|
Constituency |
Average per Member 1936 Census |
|
(1) |
(2) |
|
County Borough Constituencies: |
|
|
Cork |
23,301 |
|
Dublin, N.E. |
30,516 |
|
Dublin, N.W. |
25,022 |
|
Dublin, South |
20,897 |
|
Dublin Townships |
27,436 |
|
County Constituencies: |
|
|
Athlone-Longford |
20,998 |
|
Carlow-Kildare |
20,763 |
|
Cavan |
19,167 |
|
Clare |
20,255 |
|
Cork, North |
19,673 |
|
Cork, S.E. |
23,084 |
|
Cork, West |
21,225 |
|
Donegal, East |
20,197 |
|
Donegal, West |
20,508 |
|
Dublin |
28,336 |
|
Galway, East |
21,421 |
|
Galway, West |
23,705 |
|
Kerry, North |
20,372 |
|
Kerry, South |
19,449 |
|
Kilkenny |
22,871 |
|
Leitrim |
19,324 |
|
Leix-Offaly |
20,283 |
|
Limerick |
20,165 |
|
Louth |
21,446 |
|
Mayo, North |
21,078 |
|
Mayo, South |
19,623 |
|
Meath-Westmeath |
20,547 |
|
Monaghan |
20,430 |
|
Roscommon |
21,932 |
|
Sligo |
20,128 |
|
Tipperary |
19,691 |
|
Waterford |
21,574 |
|
Wexford |
19,981 |
|
Wicklow |
20,734 |