COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, June 08, 2020
QUESTION NO. 24
QUESTION: Councillor Joanna Tuffy
To ask the Chief Executive how many applications there were to go on the supplement register prior to this year's General Election broken down by electoral division, electoral area and constituency, and how do the numbers of applications compare with the numbers of applications prior to the 2016 General Election
REPLY:
In relation to the General Election 26th February 2016 the Polling day order was announced on the 3rd February 2016 and the closing date for receipt of Supplement application forms to be added to the supplement was the 9th February 2016. The live register had only been published on the 1st February 2016 therefore the no. of Electors added to the supplement to the live register was very low.
A total of 1,100 supplement applications forms were received and processed as follows.
General Election 2016
|
Constituency |
No. of supplement forms received. |
|
Dublin South West |
601 |
|
Dublin Mid West |
448 |
|
Dublin South Central |
51 |
|
Total no.s |
1,100 |
General Election 2020
A total of 6,861 supplement application forms were received and processed as follows.
|
Constituency |
No of supplement forms received. |
|
Dublin South West |
3447 |
|
Dublin Mid West |
3125 |
|
Dublin South Central |
289 |
|
TOTAL |
6861 |
The reason for the large nos of Supplement forms processed in the 2020 General Election is because there were 3 supplements in the same registration year.
The Local Electoral Area boundary Committee report No 2. In 2018 recommended new Local Electoral Areas (LEAs)to be created. These came into effect prior to the 2020 General Election with the increase to seven LEA’s and newly named Local Electoral Areas.
It is not possible therefore to draw comparisons in relation to no.s on the Supplements in LEA’s for the 2016 General Election against the no.s in the 2020 General Election.