Dublin Regional Authority
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County Dublin Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath |
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| Motto(s): Beart do réir ár mbriathar (Irish) "Action to match our speech" |
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| Country | Ireland | |
| EU Parliament | Dublin | |
| Province | Leinster | |
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| • Total | 922 km2 (356 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 30th | |
| Population (2016) | 1,345,402 | |
| • Rank | 1st | |
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County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or Contae Átha Cliath) is a county in Ireland. Since the abolition of Dublin County Council in 1994, for local government it has been divided into four administrative areas: Dublin city, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin (as numbered 1 to 4 in the figure below). The population of the entire county was 1,345,402 according to the census of 2016. It is conterminous with the Dublin Region and is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin, which is the regional capital and the capital city of Ireland. County Dublin was one of the first parts of Ireland to be shired by John, King of England following the Norman invasion of Ireland.
Since the abolition of the Dublin Regional Authority in 2014 the Eurostat statistical region known as "Dublin Region" falls under the remit of the wider Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly.
There are four local authorities whose remit collectively encompasses the geographic area of the county and city of Dublin. These are Dublin City Council, South Dublin County Council, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council and Fingal County Council.
Prior to the enactment of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, the county was a unified whole even though it was administered by two local authorities – Dublin County Council and Dublin Corporation. Since the enactment of the Local Government Act 2001 in particular, the geographic area of the county has been divided between three entities at the level of "county" and a further entity at the level of "city". They rank equally as first level local administrative units of the NUTS 3 Dublin Region for Eurostat purposes. There are 34 LAU 1 entities in the Republic of Ireland. Each local authority is responsible for certain local services such as sanitation, planning and development, libraries, the collection of motor vehiclefroad taxation, local roads and social housing.
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