Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As Deputy Cowen will be aware, the terms of reference already provide for an increase from 52 to 63 in the number of councillors on Dublin City Council. The local boundary committee will make decisions on numbers based on its terms of reference and subject to the maximum and minimum number in each other local authority area, including the Dublin local authorities. If one takes a ratio of one councillor per 4,830 population, which is the average outside Dublin, it is clear there will be an increase in the number of councillors in the capital. I do not know the precise figure as this will depend on the decision of the boundary committee.

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