TD's to be reduce by 8
The Constituency Commission Report for 2012 has had their report published today (21/06/12). The report recommends that TD numbers should be reduced by 8 bring the total numbers in the Dáil down to 158 TD, currently 166 TD are elected to the Dáil, this has not changed since 1980. The report comes in light of the Census 2011.
Under the Irish Constitution the numbers of TDs are based on 1 TD per 30,000 citizen. The recommendations retain the current 5-seat Dáil constituencies but reduce the number of 4 and 3 seat constituencies from 16 to 15 and from 17 to 13 respectively.
The commission received 533 public submission from organizations and individuals, of which 8 related to the European Parliament.
The report recommends: -
- 158 TDs (Members of Dáil Éireann, Members of Parliament.)
- 40 constituencies, 11 5-seaters, 16 4-seaters and 13 3-seaters
- See Map Here
| County | Constituency | Seats | Description |
| Cork | Cork East | 4 | Unchanged |
| Cork North-Central | 4 | Part of Cork South Central Moves to Cork North-Central | |
| Cork North-West | 3 | Part of Cork North-Central Moves to Cork North-West | |
| Cork South-Central | 4 | Part of Cork South Central Moves to Cork North-Central | |
| Cork South-West | 3 | Unchanged | |
| Sligo/Leitrim | Sligo-Leitrim | 4 | Takes in part of Donegal-south and west Cavan |
| Donegal | Donegal | 5 | Merges Donegal-North and Donegal-South, two 3 seaters. Part of Donegal-south joins with Sligo/Leitrim |
| Cavan/Monaghan | Cavan-Monaghan | 4 | Part of West Cavan moves to Sligo/Leitrim. |
| Dublin (City) | Dublin Bay North | 5 | Merger of Dublin North-East and Dublin North-Central. Fingal area of Dublin North-East moves to Dublin-Fingal |
| Dublin North-West | 3 | Merges with part of Dublin Central | |
| Dublin Central | 3 | Part of Dublin Central moves to Dublin North-West | |
| Dublin South-Central | 4 | Part of Dublin South-Central moves to Dublin Bay-South | |
| Dublin Bay-South | 4 | Merger of Dublin South-East and part of Dublin South-Central. | |
| Dublin (Fingal) | Fingal | 5 | Dublin North, parts of Dublin West and Dublin North East. |
| Dublin West | 4 | Dublin West and part of Dublin Central. | |
| Dublin (County) | Dublin Mid-West | 4 | Unchanged |
| Dublin South-West | 5 | Takes in parts of Dublin-South | |
| Dublin - Rathdown | 3 | Becomes a 3 seat with movement of parts of Dublin South to Dublin South-West | |
| Dublin - Dún Laoghaire | 4 | Including Part of Dublin South | |
| Galway | Galway East | 3 | Becomes a 3 Seater due to Roscommon-Galway changes |
| Galway West | 5 | Unchanged | |
| Galway West | 5 | Ballinrobe in Co. Mayo moves to Galway West | |
| Mayo | Mayo | 4 | |
| Roscommon/Galway East | Roscommon-Galway | 3 | Merger of part of Roscommon and Galway East |
| Kerry | Kerry | 5 | Becomes a single 5 seat constituency |
| Limerick | Limerick City | 4 | Takes over 9 electoral divisions from Kerry North-West Limerick |
| Limerick County | 3 | Becomes a single 3 seat constituency | |
| Waterford | Waterford | 4 | Becomes a single 4 seat constituency |
| Offaly/ Tipperary | Offaly | 3 | Merges with part of North West Tipperary |
| Tipperary | Tipperary | 5 | Becomes Single 5 seat constituency |
| Laois/Kildare | Laois | 3 | Merges Kildare South with Laois |
| Kildare | Kildare North | 4 | Movement of part of Kildare North to Kildare South. |
| Kildare South | 3 | Merger of Kildare South and part of Kildare North, with some of Kildare South in Laois | |
| Carlow-Kilkenny | Carlow-Kilkenny | 5 | Unchanged |
| Clare | Clare | 4 | |
| Longfort-Westmeath | Longfort-Westmeath | 4 | |
| Louth | Louth | 5 | |
| Meath | Meath East | 3 | |
| Meath West | 3 | ||
| Wexford | Wexford | 5 | |
| Wicklow | Wicklow | 5 |