Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that the west Wicklow region is under-represented at county council level, with only three seats available for the entire region. [2645/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The current local electoral areas and the number of members of each county council assigned to each such area derive from the electoral area boundary committee report of 1998. The 2004 local elections took place on the basis of the existing local electoral areas.

The next census is due to take place this year, with the next local elections in 2009. Consideration can be given to reviewing the local electoral areas in the light of the census results when they become available and other relevant factors.