Comments on: Local government boundaries review http://jameslawless.ie/2008/01/16/local-government-boundaries-review/ Politics, Kildare, Work and Play! Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:01:01 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: View from the Tracks » Blog Archive » Kildare Boundary Submissions http://jameslawless.ie/2008/01/16/local-government-boundaries-review/comment-page-1/#comment-91 View from the Tracks » Blog Archive » Kildare Boundary Submissions Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:42:18 +0000 http://jameslawless.ie/?p=7#comment-91 [...] constituency review is currently underway for local electoral boundaries as I spoke about previously. The committee is presently accepting submissions although this closes on Friday week (14th [...] [...] constituency review is currently underway for local electoral boundaries as I spoke about previously. The committee is presently accepting submissions although this closes on Friday week (14th [...]

]]> By: Tony http://jameslawless.ie/2008/01/16/local-government-boundaries-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Tony Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:49:56 +0000 http://jameslawless.ie/?p=7#comment-4 And in this week's Kildare Nationalist! And in this week’s Kildare Nationalist!

]]> By: Tony http://jameslawless.ie/2008/01/16/local-government-boundaries-review/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Tony Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:48:23 +0000 http://jameslawless.ie/?p=7#comment-5 I think the most disappointing thing is that the number of councillors remains frozen - meaning Kildare will remain the least represented county council. It seems jesuitic of the minister to see equal representation as a term of reference internally in an authority's region (the review is to limit internal variance to +-10% while inter-county regional variations are huge - Kildare has about 6 or 7 times as many people per councillor as Leitrim). Perhaps there might be a case under Article 40.1 of the constitution about equality under the law. The other interesting question for Kildare will be whether the recommendation that LEAs follow Dáil boundaries will trump the recommendation that 3-seaters are to be avoided. I've more on blog at http://drtod.wordpress.com. I think the most disappointing thing is that the number of councillors remains frozen – meaning Kildare will remain the least represented county council. It seems jesuitic of the minister to see equal representation as a term of reference internally in an authority’s region (the review is to limit internal variance to +-10% while inter-county regional variations are huge – Kildare has about 6 or 7 times as many people per councillor as Leitrim). Perhaps there might be a case under Article 40.1 of the constitution about equality under the law.

The other interesting question for Kildare will be whether the recommendation that LEAs follow Dáil boundaries will trump the recommendation that 3-seaters are to be avoided.

I’ve more on blog at http://drtod.wordpress.com.

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