Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is planned to carry out a boundary review to the local government electoral areas ahead of the next local elections in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52311/21]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Section 23 of the Local Government Act 2001 empowers the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to divide a local authority area into local electoral areas and to amend those areas. However, in advance of deciding to make an order under section 23 of the Act, the Minister must, in accordance Part V of the Local Government Act 1991 (as amended), request a boundary committee to make a report having regard to such matters as may be specified by the Minister.

The Minister must publish the report of the boundary committee and must have regard to the report of that committee when deciding to make an order in relation to any amendment to local electoral area boundaries.

No decision has been taken at this point in time in relation to a review of local electoral area boundaries in advance of the next local elections in 2024.