asked the Taoiseach the total population from Westmeath which will now be part of Roscommon constituency.

The population as recorded at the Census of Population, 1966, of that part of Westmeath county which is allocated, in the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 1968, to the Roscommon constituency, is 4,024 persons.

Could the Parliamentary Secretary say how this figure is calculated exactly?

The Census of Population.

If Local Government are not able to give the people at the present time the numbers on the registers that have been transferred?

You are talking about numbers on the registers. This relates to the actual population.

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asked the Taoiseach the population according to the 1966 census of each of the parts of Kilbeggan electoral area and Mullingar electoral area which were since 1961 in Kildare constituency and are now being returned to the Longford-Westmeath constituency.

I propose, with your permission, Sir, to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the desired particulars.

Following is the statement:—

THE POPULATION as returned at the Census of Population, 1966, of those parts of the Kilbeggan and Mullingar County Electoral Areas in the Constituency of Kildare which are allocated in the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 1968, to the Constituency of Longford-Westmeath.