Johnny Brady (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

The Constituency Commission report recommends further partitioning of the area I represent in the House. It recommends transferring a further 6,776 people, the electorate of the areas of Kells urban, Kells rural and Stahalmog, from the constituency of Meath West to Meath East. County town and parish boundaries have been disregarded and, under the proposals, Kells town and its natural hinterland are to be in separate constituencies. Kells is a rural town with close links to the surrounding villages and smaller towns of north Meath. The future economic well-being of the greater Kells area would be best served by keeping the entire area in one Dáil constituency.

Like Deputy Durkan, I recall 1973 when part of north Meath was transferred into the constituency of Cavan.

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