John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the county council administrative boundary of counties Kilkenny and Waterford corresponds with their county boundary. [21774/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The statutory provisions relating to local government areas and local authorities are set out at sections 10 and 11 of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended. 

Section 11 provides that the administrative area of each local authority is the relevant county, city, or city and county, as set out in Schedule 5 to the Act, including County Kilkenny in the case of Kilkenny County Council, and Waterford City and County in the case of Waterford City and County Council.

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to his statement of 3 April 2017, which suggested the need that new management solutions are in place to facilitate the cohesive expansion of Waterford city which will include areas of south Kilkenny, if this will mean a new joint Waterford/ Kilkenny management structure for the area in question and not an administrative boundary change. [21775/17]

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will change the administrative boundary as per the commentary of Senator Paudie Coffey on a radio station (details supplied). [21782/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 239 together.

I refer to the reply to Question No 474 of 2 May 2017. As stated, I will address all relevant issues arising from the boundary report on Waterford, and from other recent and forthcoming reports on local government arrangements, as part of an overall report on local government matters which I will be submitting to Government and the Oireachtas pursuant to the Programme for Partnership Government.