Type County council Last election 23 May 2014 | Seats 40 | |
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Mayor Darragh Butler, Fianna Fáil Political groups Fianna Fáil (6)
Sinn Féin (6)
Fine Gael (5)
AAA-PBP (5)
Labour Party (4)
Green Party (2)
Social Democrats (1)
Renua Ireland (1)
Independent (10) | ||
Fingal County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Fhine Gall) is the authority responsible for local government in the county of Fingal, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that comprised the former Dublin County Council before its abolition and one of four councils in the Dublin Region. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 40 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Mayor. The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Paul Reid. The county town is Swords.
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Administrative area
Fingal covers an area of 452.7 km2 and has 88km of coastline stretching from Sutton in the south to Balbriggan in the north. It is drained by the River Delvin along its northern boundary, the Ward and Broadmeadow rivers in the centre, 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.
Councillors
For the purpose of elections the county is divided into five local electoral areas (LEA), each of which elects between 7 and 9 councillors. They are: Balbriggan (8), Castleknock (7), Howth–Malahide (8), Mulhuddart (8) and Swords (9).
Councillors by electoral area
This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 23 May 2014.
†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
Governance
The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are chosen from among the Councillors. The Chief Executive – Paul Reid – is appointed by central government