We head to the polls on Friday.
The final candidate lists published by returning officers show that 246 women are standing across the State’s 43 constituencies – That’s 36% of candidates.
There are five constituencies where more than half the candidates are women, included are Dublin West and Dublin South-Central.
Meanwhile only 15% of the candidates are women in Dublin North-West and Dublin Bay North.
Political parties have been issued with a candidate gender quota in this election, requiring them to have at least 40% women on their ballots.
Those failing to reach that quota face a reduction of 50% in State funding.
