Английская Википедия:Fingal County Council

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Location of Fingal in Ireland

Fingal County Council (Шаблон:Lang-ga) is the local authority of the county of Fingal, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that succeeded the former Dublin County Council on abolition on 1 January 1994 and is one of four local authorities in County Dublin. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transport, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 40 elected members. Elections are held every five years on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). The head of the council has the title of Mayor. The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, AnnMarie Farrelly. The county town is Swords.

History

The Council of the electoral County of Dublin—Fingal was established in 1985 with 24 members. Its members also sat as members of Dublin County Council. At the 1991 local election, the electoral county was renamed Fingal.

On 1 January 1994, under the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, County Dublin ceased to exist with the new county Fingal where the electoral county had been. Dublin County Council also ceased to exist and Fingal County Council came into being.

The county council initially met at the former offices of the abolished Dublin County Council, an office block at 46–49 O'Connell Street, Dublin. A new building, known as County Hall, located on Main Street in Swords, was purpose-built for the county council and completed in 2000.

The Local Government Act 2001 reformed the two-tier structure of local government. It confirmed the size of the council as 24 members.

The town council of Balbriggan was dissolved under the Local Government Reform Act 2014. Fingal County Council became the successor body of the town council. Under the same legislation, the size of the council was increased to 40 members as part of a nationwide reallocation of local authority membership numbers.

Administrative area

The county of Fingal covers an area of 456 km² and has 88 km of coastline stretching from Sutton in the south to Balbriggan in the north. It is drained by the Delvin River along its northern boundary, the Ballyboghil River and the Broadmeadow River and its major tributary, the Ward in the centre, and the Tolka and Santry rivers to the south. The River Liffey forms its southern border with South Dublin. There are three large protected estuaries and salt marsh habitats, with thirteen major beaches. Howth Head and the Liffey Valley are covered by Special Area Amenity Orders.

Regional Assembly

Fingal County Council has three representatives on the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly who are part of the Dublin Strategic Planning Area Committee.

Local electoral areas

Fingal County Council has 40 seats, divided into the following seven local electoral areas. These are defined by electoral divisions which were defined in 1986, with minor amendments in 1994.

LEA	Definition	Seats
Balbriggan	Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Holmpatrick and Skerries	5
Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart	Blanchardstown-Abbotstown, Blanchardstown-Corduff, Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown-Tyrrelstown, Dubber, The Ward; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Blanchardstown-Blakestown and Blanchardstown-Coolmine north of a line drawn along the N3 dual carriageway	5
Castleknock	Blanchardstown-Delwood, Blanchardstown-Roselawn, Castleknock-Knockmaroon, Castleknock-Park, Lucan North; the part of Blanchardstown-Blakestown electoral division situated within the following line: Commencing at the intersection of the boundary between the electoral divisions of Blanchardstown-Blakestown and Lucan North with the R121 Road at the Clonsilla railway station bridge; (referred to hereafter as the first-mentioned point); then proceeding in a north easterly direction along the R121 road to its intersection with the Clonsilla link road; then proceeding in a northerly direction along the Clonsilla link road to its intersection with the Ongar distributor road; then proceeding in a south-easterly direction along the Ongar distributor road to its intersection with Shelerin Road; then proceeding in a southerly direction along Shelerin Road to its intersection with Clonsilla Road; then proceeding in an easterly direction along Clonsilla Road to its intersection with Porterstown Road; then proceeding in a southerly direction along Porterstown Road to the railway line; then proceeding in a westerly direction along the railway line to the first-mentioned point; and that part of the electoral division of Blanchardstown-Coolmine not contained in the local electoral area of Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart	6
Howth–Malahide	Baldoyle, Howth, Malahide East, Malahide West, Portmarnock North, Portmarnock South, Sutton; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Balgriffin, Kinsaley and Swords-Seatown not contained in the local electoral area of Swords	7
Ongar	That part of the electoral division of Blanchardstown-Blakestown not contained in the local electoral area of Castleknock and not contained in the local electoral area of Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart	5
Rush–Lusk	Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Donabate, Garristown, Hollywood, Lusk and Rush	5
Swords	Airport, Kilsallaghan, Swords-Forrest, Swords-Glasmore, Swords-Lissenhall, Swords Village, Turnapin; and those parts of the electoral divisions of Balgriffin, Kinsaley and Swords-Seatown west of a line drawn along the M1 motorway.	7

Councillors

2019 seats summary

Party		Seats
Шаблон:Party name with colour	8
Шаблон:Party name with colour	7
Шаблон:Party name with colour	6
Шаблон:Party name with colour	5
Шаблон:Party name with colour	4
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1
Шаблон:Party name with colour	6

Councillors by electoral area

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 24 May 2019. Шаблон:Multi seat members begin Шаблон:Multi seat constituency Шаблон:Multi seat constituency Шаблон:Multi seat constituency Шаблон:Multi seat constituency Шаблон:Multi seat constituency Шаблон:Multi seat constituency Шаблон:Multi seat constituency Шаблон:End

Notes

Governance

The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are chosen from among the Councillors. The Chief Executive – AnnMarie Farrelly – is appointed by central government

External links

• Шаблон:Official website