Dublin Fingal (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dublin Fingal is a parliamentary constituency which will be represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the next Irish general election. The constituency will elect 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the next general election a new constituency called Dublin Fingal be created.^[1] The report proposed changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of TDs from 166 to 158.^[2]

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.^[3] The new constituency will incorporate all of Dublin North, Swords-Forrest and Kilsallaghan from Dublin West, and Balgriffin and Turnapin from Dublin North–East.

The 2013 Act defines the constituency as:^[3]

"In the county of Fingal the electoral divisions of:

Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Ballyboghil, Balgriffin, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Donabate, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide East, Malahide West, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South, Rush, Skerries, Swords-Forrest, Swords-Glasmore, Swords-Lissenhall, Swords-Seatown, Swords Village;

and those parts of the electoral divisions of Airport, Dubber and Turnapin situated north of a line drawn along the Northern Cross Route (M50), passing in a clockwise direction around and excluding roundabout No. 3 at the junction of the Northern Cross Route (M50) with the M1 motorway."

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References