Dublin Fingal (Dáil constituency) explained

Dublin Fingal
Type:Dáil
Year:2016
Map Size:200px
Members Label:TDs
Seats:5
Local Council Label:Local government area
Local Council:Fingal
Blank1 Name:EP constituency
Blank1 Info:Dublin

Dublin Fingal is a parliamentary constituency which is represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the 2016 general election onwards. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.[1] It incorporated all of the old Dublin North, Swords-Forrest and Kilsallaghan from Dublin West, and Balgriffin and Turnapin from Dublin North-East. The name Dublin Fingal for the constituency that became Dublin North had been proposed by John Boland in 1980.[2]

The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017 defines the constituency as:[3]

In August 2023, the Electoral Commission published its review of constituency boundaries in Ireland, which recommended that the constituency of Dublin Fingal be abolished, with the creation of two new three-seat constituencies: Dublin Fingal East and Dublin Fingal West.[4] Each new constituency would elect 3 deputies. These changes would commence at the next general election.

Elections

2019 by-election

A by-election was held in the constituency on 29 November 2019, to fill the seat vacated by Clare Daly on her election to the European Parliament in May 2019.[5] [6]

2016 general election

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013. 2013. y. 7. 5 October 2021. 20 March 2013.
  2. Web site: Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 1980: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages – Vol. 322 No. 9. 24 June 1980. 29 April 2022. 9 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211109082324/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-06-24/21/. live.
  3. Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017. 2017. y. 39. 23 December 2017. 5 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Constituency Review Report 2023 . . 104.
  5. Web site: Writs moved for four Dáil by-elections. RTÉ News. 7 November 2019. 7 November 2019. 14 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191114174245/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2019/1107/1089333-dail-by-election/. live.
  6. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/friday-s-byelections-all-you-need-to-know-about-candidates-constituencies-and-issues-1.4095525 Friday's byelections: All you need to know about candidates, constituencies and issues