Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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84. To ask the Taoiseach the total current de facto official population, both residential adult and child inhabitants, in the city of Galway as of 31 December 2016; and the projected population of Galway city for each of the years 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050. [6870/17]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The detailed results of the 2016 Census of Population, which are due to be published on 6 April 2017, will include a breakdown of the population by county and age. The most recent data available therefore is based on the 2011 census; these results showed there were 15,821 persons aged 18 or under and a further 59,708 persons aged 19 and over enumerated in Galway city in our Census 2011 results, giving a total of 75,520 persons. Census 2016 Preliminary results showed there were 79,504 persons in Galway city in April 2016.

The Central Statistics Office publishes State and regional population projections for the usually resident population following each Census. The regional projections are a disaggregation of the State totals.

The latest set of regional projections were published in December 2013 and cover the period 2016-2031. The projections are based on assumptions relating to future trends in fertility, mortality and migration. While the exact breakdowns you require are not available, the following table contains projections using the M2F2 assumption for the Western region. The Western region includes Galway City, Galway County, Mayo and Roscommon.

The M2F2 assumption is based on net outward migration combined with a decline in fertility in the Western region for the period 2011-2031.

Under this assumption the population of the Western region is forecast to increase by 15,300 between 2011-2030.