NUTS statistical regions of the Republic of Ireland

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The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Ireland for statistical purposes. [1] The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. [2] The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. The NUTS code for Ireland is IE and a hierarchy of three levels is established by Eurostat. Below these is a further levels of geographic organisation - the local administrative unit (LAU). In Ireland, the LAUs are electoral divisions.

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Overall

LevelSubdivisions
NUTS 1 1
NUTS 2 statistical regions3
NUTS 3 statistical regions8
Local administrative unite3,441

NUTS levels 1, 2 and 3

NUTS 1CodeNUTS 2CodeNUTS 3CodeLocal Government areas

Éire / Ireland
IE0Northern and WesternIE04 Border Region IE041 Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, Sligo
West Region, Ireland IE042 Mayo, Roscommon, Galway and Galway City
SouthernIE05 Mid-West Region, Ireland IE051 Clare, Tipperary, Limerick City & County
South-East Region, Ireland IE052 Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford City & County
South-West Region, Ireland IE053 Kerry, Cork and Cork City
Eastern and MidlandIE06 Dublin Region IE061 Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin
Mid-East Region, Ireland IE062 Kildare, Meath, Wicklow, Louth
Midlands Region, Ireland IE063 Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath

Demographic statistics by NUTS 3 region

Regional AuthorityPopulation (2016)% of populationArea (km²)Population densityCapital(s)
Border394,3338.2811,515.6934.2 Sligo, Letterkenny,
Monaghan, Cavan
West453,1099.5214,289.1131.7 Galway
Mid-West473,2699.9410,511.4345.0 Limerick
South-East422,0628.867,198.0858.6 Waterford
South-West690,57514.5012,311.7356.1 Cork
Dublin1,347,35928.29925.911,455.2 Dublin
Mid-East688,85714.476,890.74100.0 Naas, Dundalk
Midlands292,3016.146,651.4343.9 Mullingar, Portlaoise
Ireland4,761,86510070,294.1367.7Dublin

Local administrative units

The local administrative units in Ireland are the electoral divisions. These are used for statistical purposes and for defining electoral boundaries, and have no local government function. [3]

Generally, a local administrative unit (LAU) is a low level administrative division of a country, ranked below a province, region, or state. Not all countries describe their locally governed areas this way, but it can be descriptively applied anywhere to refer to counties, municipalities, etc.

An electoral division is the smallest legally defined administrative areas in Ireland for which small area population statistics are published from the Census. There are a total of 3,440 electoral divisions in Ireland. They are used to define local electoral areas for elections to county and city councils and to define constituencies in elections to Dáil Éireann. Until 1994, they were known as district electoral divisions (DED) in the county council areas and wards in the five county boroughs which were then in existence. Electoral divisions are local administrative units within the NUTS system of the European Union.

Former regional authorities

Prior to 2014, there were 8 Regional Authorities in Ireland. They were abolished in 2014 and replaced by Regional Assemblies. [4] [5]

Regional Authorities in Ireland

Regional Authorities in Ireland were established by the Local Government Act 1991 and came into existence in 1994. Under this Act, the Regional Authorities had two main functions: to promote the co-ordination of public service provision and to monitor the delivery of European Union Structural Fund assistance in the regions. The Regional Authorities were dissolved in 2014 and were replaced by Regional Assemblies.

See also

ISO 3166-2:IE is the entry for Ireland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

Local government in the Republic of Ireland

In Ireland, local government functions are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County Councils. The principal decision-making body in each of the thirty-one local authorities is composed of the members of the council, elected by universal franchise in local elections every five years. Irish Local Authorities are the closest and most accessible form of Government to people in their local community. Many of the authorities' statutory functions are, however, the responsibility of ministerially appointed career officials termed Chief executives. The competencies of the city and county councils include planning, transport infrastructure, sanitary services, public safety and the provision of public libraries.

The Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund are financial tools set up to implement the regional policy of the European Union. They aim to reduce regional disparities in income, wealth and opportunities. Europe's poorer regions receive most of the support, but all European regions are eligible for funding under the policy's various funds and programmes. The current Regional Policy framework is set for a period of seven years, from 2014 to 2020.

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References

  1. "Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions". cso.ie.
  2. Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)
  3. "NATIONAL STRUCTURES (EU-28)". Eurostat . 30 November 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. "S.I. No. 228/2014 - Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Amendment) Order 2014". Irish Statute Book. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. "S.I. No. 573/2014 - Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014". Irish Statute Book. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2019.