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Summary of recommendations for Dáil constituencies

1. The number of members of Dáil Éireann should be 158.

2. There should be 40 constituencies of which 11 will be 5-seat, 16 will be 4-seat and 13 will be 3-seat.

3. The county of Cork, including Cork city, should form the five constituencies of Cork East (4-seat, unchanged), Cork North-Central (4-seat), Cork North-West (3-seat), Cork South-Central (4-seat) and Cork South-West (3-seat, unchanged).

4. The counties of Sligo and Leitrim with some population from south Donegal and from west Cavan should form a 4-seat constituency called Sligo-Leitrim.

5. The rest of the county of Donegal should form a 5-seat constituency.

6. The rest of the county of Cavan with the county of Monaghan should become a 4-seat constituency.

 7. Dublin city should largely form the five constituencies of Dublin Bay North (5-seat),
Dublin North-West (3-seat), Dublin Central (3-seat), Dublin South-Central (4-seat) and Dublin BaySouth (4-seat).
Dublin outside the city should largely form the six constituencies of Dublin
Fingal (5-seat) and Dublin West (4-seat); Dublin Mid-West (4-seat, unchanged) and Dublin South-West (5-seat); Dublin Rathdown (3-seat) and Dún Laoghaire (4-seat).

8. Galway West with some population from south Mayo should remain a 5-seat constituency.

9. The rest of the county of Mayo should form a 4-seat constituency.

10. The county of Roscommon with population from east Galway should form a 3-seat constituency called Roscommon Galway.

11. The rest of the Galway East constituency should form a 3-seat constituency.

12. The county of Kerry should form a 5-seat constituency. The county of Limerick should form a 4-seat Limerick City constituency and a 3-seat constituency to be called Limerick County.

13. The county of Waterford, including Waterford city, should form a 4-seat constituency.

14. The county of Offaly with some population from north west Tipperary should form a 3-seat constituency.

15. The rest of the county of Tipperary should form a 5-seat constituency. The
county of Laois with some population from Kildare should form a 3-seat constituency.

16. The rest of the county of Kildare should form a 4-seat and a 3-seat constituency.

17. Eight other constituencies should remain unchanged
Carlow-Kilkenny (5-seat), Clare (4-seat),
Longford-Westmeath (4-seat),
Louth (5-seat),
Meath East (3-seat),
Meath West (3-seat),
Wexford (5-seat), Wicklow (5-seat).

Dail Constituency Report (PDF)

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