James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a municipal district council can have more than two electoral areas under the terms of reference for local electoral boundary committees set up under the 2018 review of local electoral areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6043/18]

John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I established two Local Electoral Area Boundary Committees on 13 December 2018 to review and make recommendations on local electoral areas.  They are tasked with reporting to me within six months. 

The Committees are independent in the performance of their functions.

Committee No. 1 is tasked with making recommendations on the division of each county (other than Cork, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Galway and South Dublin) and Limerick City and County and Waterford City and County.

The terms of reference for Committee No. 1, which are available at specify that a municipal district may be divided into two or more local electoral areas as the Committee considers appropriate.

As matters currently stand, the Committees have announced a public consultation process, and submissions may be made up to the closing date of 19 February 2018.  In this regard, submissions may be sent to boundarycommittee@housing.gov.ie.