APPENDIX II

 

NUTS is an acronym for the EU Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. This classification was legally established by EU Regulation No. 1059/2003 on 29 May 2003. The 8 Regional Authorities for Ireland (NUTS 3 regions), which were established under the Local Government Act, 1991, are set out below:

NUTS 2 Regions	Regional Authorities (NUTS 3 Regions)	Constituent counties (NUTS 4 Regions)	Type of area
Border, Midland and Western	Border	Cavan Donegal Leitrim Louth Monaghan Sligo	Administrative county Administrative county Administrative county Administrative county Administrative county Administrative county
	Midlands	Laois Longford Offaly Westmeath	Administrative county Administrative county Administrative county Administrative county
	West	Galway Galway Mayo Roscommon	County Borough Administrative county Administrative county Administrative county
Southern and Eastern	Dublin	Dublin Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown Fingal South Dublin	County Borough Administrative county Administrative county Administrative county
	Mid-East	Kildare Meath Wicklow	Administrative county Administrative county Administrative county
	Mid-West	Clare Limerick Limerick Tipperary North Riding	Administrative county County Borough Administrative county Administrative county
	South-East	Carlow Kilkenny Tipperary South Riding Waterford Waterford Wexford	Administrative county Administrative county Administrative county County Borough Administrative county Administrative county
	South-West	Cork Cork Kerry	County Borough Administrative county Administrative county