Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review local authority boundaries with regard to the recent publication of the report on the Constituency Commission; and the process to be followed if any such a review were to be conducted. [31025/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Unlike for Dáil constituencies, there are no constitutional or statutory requirements in relation to the frequency of local electoral area boundary reviews. The most recent reviews of local electoral areas were carried out in 1998 and 2008. The June 2009 local elections took place on the basis of the local electoral areas enacted following the 2008 review.

The Constituency Commission presented its report on Dáil and European Parliament constituencies to the Chairman of the Dáil on 21 June 2012. I will now give consideration to arrangements for the review of local electoral areas having regard to the Commission's recommendations on Dáil constituencies and to the final results of Census 2011. I will also have regard to any decisions by the Oireachtas on the Constituency Commission Report and to Government decisions on local government reform, including the establishment of unified local authorities in Limerick and Tipperary.