John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are six reports on boundaries, four of them concerning county boundaries between neighbouring local authorities, the Cork city and county boundary review and the Galway city and county review, on which a report has been completed. It is the Government's intention that the six reports would be dealt in the middle of next month, around the time the boundary review committees for the local authority areas for the local elections commence.

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