Waterford City and County Council

Waterford City and County Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge) is the authority responsible for local government in the City of Waterford and County Waterford in Ireland. It came into operation on 1 June 2014 after the 2014 local elections.[1] It is a merger of Waterford City Council and Waterford County Council under the provisions of the Local Government Reform Act 2014. As a city and 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 32 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 city and county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Michael Walsh. The administrative centres are Waterford and Dungarvan.

Waterford City and County Council

Comhairle Cathrach agus
Contae Phort Láirge
Type
Type
City and County council
Leadership
Damien Geoghegan, FG
Structure
Seats32
Political groups
Elections
Last election
24 May 2019
Meeting place
City Hall, The Mall, Waterford
Civic Offices, Dungarvan
Website
waterfordcouncil.ie
The area governed by the council

Councillors

The council has 32 seats. For the purpose of elections the city and county is divided into three Municipal Districts and five local electoral areas (LEA).[2]

LEA Seats District
Comeragh 6 Municipal District of Comeragh
Dungarvan–Lismore 8 Municipal District of Dungarvan–Lismore
Tramore–Waterford City West 6 Metropolitan District of Waterford†
Waterford City East 6
Waterford City South 6

† A district associated with a city or borough is termed a metropolitan district or borough district respectively.

2019 seats summary
Party Seats
Fianna Fáil 7
Fine Gael 7
Sinn Féin 6
Labour Party 4
Green Party 2
Independent 6

Councillors by electoral area

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 24 May 2019.

Council members from 2019 election
Local electoral area Name Party
Dungarvan Damien Geoghegan Fine Gael
Tom Cronin Fianna Fáil
Pat Nugent Fine Gael
Conor D. McGuinness Sinn Féin
Séamus O’Donnell Independent
Thomas Phelan Labour Party
Lismore John Pratt Labour Party
James Tobin Fianna Fáil
Declan Doocey Fine Gael
Portlaw-Kilmacthomas Seánie Power Fine Gael
Liam Brazil Fine Gael
John O’Leary Fianna Fáil
Ger Barron Labour Party
Declan Clune Sinn Féin
Tramore–Waterford City West Marc Ó Cathasaigh† Green Party
Joe Conway Independent
Lola O’Sullivan Fine Gael
Joe Kelly Independent
Éamon Quinlan Fianna Fáil
Jim Griffin Sinn Féin
Waterford City East Matt Shanahan† Independent
David Daniels Independent
Eddie Mulligan Fianna Fáil
Adam Wyse Fianna Fáil
Jody Power Green Party
Pat Fitzgerald Sinn Féin
Waterford City South John Hearne Sinn Féin
John Cummins† Fine Gael
Dónal Barry Independent
Jason Murphy Fianna Fáil
Séamus Ryan Labour Party
Breda Brennan Sinn Féin

†Replaced during term, see table below for details.

Co-options
Party Outgoing Electoral area Reason Date Co-optee
Green Party Marc Ó Cathasaigh Tramore–Waterford City West Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2020 general election February 2020 Laura Swift[3]
Independent Matt Shanahan Waterford City East Elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2020 general election February 2020 Mary Roche
Green Party Laura Swift Tramore–Waterford City West Resigned due to work commitments[4] June 2020 Susan Gallagher
Fine Gael John Cummins Waterford City South Elected to Seanad Éireann at the 2020 Seanad election TBD

See also

References
  1. "Local authorities". Citizens Information Board. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. "S.I. No. 67/2014 - City and County of Waterford Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2014". Irish Statute Book. 7 February 2014.
  3. Fallon, Aoibheann. "Déise Today, Friday 21 February". Waterford Local Radio FM.
  4. https://waterford-news.ie/2020/06/16/susan-gallagher-selected-for-green-party-council-co-option/#.XwTXuyhKiUk
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