#REUNITECAVAN: Sign our online petition to reunite the county

The Anglo-Celt, in conjunction with Deputy Brendan Smith (FF) and local cross-party support, is spearheading a campaign to reunify Cavan as part of the Cavan-Monaghan constituency. Following the last report of the Consitutency Commission, the west Cavan area was detached from Cavan-Monaghan and incorporated into a new constituency of Sligo-Leitrim-West Cavan-South Donegal, splitting the Breffni County.
The REUNITE CAVAN campaign is being supported by all of the TDs in this region.

An online petition is available to sign on www.anglocelt.ie/reunitecavan.

The country does not have enough TDs and officials will have to redraw a number of constituency boundaries based on the new Census data.
In all 25 constituencies, including Cavan-Monaghan, are under represented in the Dáil based on the preliminary Census results released last week.
Under the Constitution, no constituency should have more than 30,000 residents per TD.
Based on the preliminary population count of 4,757,976 people and the current total of 158 TDs, the average number of persons per TD for the country as a whole is 30,114 - a first in the history of the State.
“Clearly there will have to be at least more TDs to bring us back under 30,000,” said Deirdre Cullen, senior official with the Central Statistics Office.
As a result, the Minister for Housing and Local Planning Simon Coveney last week issued a ministerial order establishing a Constituency Commission to study the boundaries for Dáil and European elections. It is to be chaired by Chief Justice Robert Haughton.
The fastest growing constituency was Dublin Fingal, which saw its population increase by 10,596 over five years.
Just four constituencies recorded a decrease in population including the Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s own Mayo. The other three were Sligo-Leitrim, Donegal and Limerick County.
The CSO has already handed over data over to the commission.
Along with Mr Justice Haughton, the commission comprises the Clerk of the Dáil Peter Finnegan, the Clerk of the Seanad Deirdre Lane, the Ombudsman Peter Tyndall and the Secretary General of the Department of Environment John McCarthy.
They are required to report to the Dáil no later than three months after the final CSO figures are published next March.