"Mulhuddart Ward has highest population per Councillor in the country"

Local Labour Councillor Michael O’Donovan has demanded that Environment Minister john Gormley to address the huge disparity in the ratio between population and councillors in different parts of the country.

He said - "The average ratio nationally is one councillor to every 4,802 people. The electoral area with the lowest ratio is Ballinamore, County Leitrim at 1 : 1,122.
The Mulhuddart Ward has the dubious distinction of having the highest ratio in the country with one councillor for every 13,327 inhabitants.

This unfairness needs to be addressed now. The population of Fingal has gone up by 50% over the past twelve years but we have the same number of councillors.
John Gormley says he values local government. Now that he is power, he should prove it by amending the terms of reference of the boundary committees to allow them to increase the number of councillors where there is a substantial increase in population."


Cllr Michael O’Donovan