Mary Wallace (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names of the towns here that have town status and have less than a population of 10,000; the towns here that have a population of greater than 10,000 and who do not have town status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7795/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My response is based on the population statistics recorded in Census 2006.

The towns which have a population of less than 10,000 and which have a town council are listed in the attached table. For the purposes of the question the populations given are inclusive of the populations within the legal boundaries as well as the populations contained in the environs, as defined by the Central Statistics Office.

The towns that have a population of greater than 10,000 and which do not have a town council are Swords, Celbridge, Malahide, Carrigaline and Maynooth.

The matter of town local government is among a broad suite of issues which are being considered by Government in the context of current deliberations on the proposed White Paper on local government.