The constituency of Cavan-Monaghan, remains a 5 seat constituency according to the recently published Constituency Review Report 2023. Seven electoral divisions located in the northern part of Co Meath are recommended for transfer to the Meath East constituency. The Cavan-Monaghan constituency would then contain only the counties of Cavan and Monaghan.
The Cavan-Monaghan constituency would have a population of 146,992 with a variance of -0.66%.
The Cavan-Monaghan constituency is currently a 5 seat constituency with a population of 151,177, an increase of 9,642 (6.8%) from the 2016 Census. The constituency is currently made up of Co Cavan, Co Monaghan and seven electoral divisions from the northern part of Co Meath.
The Commission considered the breach in county boundaries involving the seven Co Meath electoral divisions. These electoral divisions, with a combined population of 4,185, were transferred from Meath East into Cavan-Monaghan after the previous Constituency Review in 2017.
Submissions received from the public were in favour of returning the part of north Meath currently contained in the constituency back into one of the two Meath constituencies.
The Commission noted that the counties of Cavan (population 81,704) and Monaghan (population 65,288) do not have the required populations for two 3 seat constituencies, without extensive breaches of county boundaries.
The recommendation of the Commission is that the seven Co Meath electoral divisions, with a combined population of 4,185, be transferred to the Meath East constituency and that Cavan-Monaghan remains a 5 seat constituency. This recommendation returns the configuration to that which was in place for the constituency from 1980-2013.
Elsewhere, there will be 14 extra TDs in the next Dáil with the Electoral Commission giving its report in the last hour. The number of constituencies will increase from 39 to 43.
