A Sligo/Leitrim TD has called for an end to Dáil constituencies being split along multiple counties.

A boundary commission will redraw the constituencies this year, adding as many as 19 extra TDs to represent the increased population in Ireland.

At present a section of south Mayo remains in the Galway West constituency, while parts of county Leitrim are not in the Sligo/Leirtrim electoral area. 

Deputy Marc MacSharry wants an end to small bits of other counties being thrown in with bigger ones to make up the numbers...