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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 20 Feb 1963

Vol. 200 No. 1

Written Answers. - Apportioning of Rates.

96.

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state in respect of every local authority for every year from the 1st April, 1952 to 1st April, 1962, inclusive (a) the rate in the pound, (b) the portion of the rate attributable to the provision of health services by local authorities, (c) the sums provided by the Oireachtas for such health services, and (d) the amounts provided out of the produce of the rate for scholarships.

Following is the information :—

(a) The rate in the £ for each rating authority for the years 1952/53 to 1959/60 inclusive are given in the Local Taxation Returns for these years published by the Department of Local Government—copies of which may be had in the Oireachtas Library. The rates for the year 1960/61 and 1961/62 are as follows :—

Local Authority

1960-61

1961-62

County Councils:

s.

d.

s.

d.

Carlow

37

6.20

38

0.20

Cavan

39

6.00

42

0.00

Clare

40

0.85

43

0.90

Cork North

43

4.07

45

4.44

Cork South

40

3.96

41

7.31

Cork West

40

6.10

41

4.91

Donegal

48

7.50

52

3.35

Dublin:

Balrothery

33

6.00

Dublin

34

2.00

33

0.00

Rathdown

33

5.00

Galway

49

6.50

52

7.00

Kerry

53

9.20

55

0.05

Kildare

37

0.00

37

5.18

Kilkenny

32

8.58

33

6.26

Laoighis

35

2.00

37

2.00

Leitrim

42

0.68

43

7.16

Limerick

34

61.3

37

0.36

Longford

46

3.00

49

3.00

Louth

36

10.25

38

6.00

Mayo

47

0.00

50

0.00

Meath

26

0.50

26

4.25

Monaghan

34

3.00

35

10.25

Offaly

39

3.07

40

7.54

Roscommon

40

0.40

40

9.13

Sligo

39

3.10

40

6.83

Tipperary N.R.

39

4.50

42

4.50

Tipperary S.R.

33

1.16

35

10.98

Waterford

42

5.55

44

9.19

Westmeath

35

9.00

36

9.00

Wexford

34

3.75

36

1.75

Wicklow

35

10.29

37

2.96

County Borough Corporations:

Cork

54

0.00

55

0.00

Dublin

40

4.50

40

9.50

Limerick

50

0.00

50

6.00

Waterford

52

3.00

52

0.00

Borough Corporations and Urban District Councils:

An Uaimh

35

10.00

36

0.00

Arklow

44

11.00

45

8.00

Athlone

41

6.00

42

6.00

Athy

39

0.00

39

0.00

Ballina

46

2.86

51

7.26

Ballinasloe

49

5.00

55

0.00

Birr

38

6.00

41

6.00

Bray

36

2.00

36

5.00

Buncrana

39

0.00

40

4.00

Bundoran

42

6.00

46

2.00

Carlow

46

6.00

44

6.00

Carrickmacross

39

0.00

42

6.00

Carrick-on-Suir

38

0.00

40

0.00

Cashel

45

0.00

47

6.00

Castlebar

50

0.00

55

6.00

Castleblayney

35

0.00

36

6.00

Cavan

39

4.00

39

4.00

Ceanannus Mor

27

0.00

27

2.50

Clonakilty

34

3.00

34

6.00

Clones

33

5.00

37

4.00

Clonmel

39

9.00

41

0.00

Cobh

39

0.00

39

7.00

Drogheda

39

11.00

42

7.00

Dundalk

45

8.50

48

2.50

Dungarvan

46

0.00

46

6.00

Dún Laoghaire

37

0.00

38

11.00

Ennis

44

0.00

45

4.00

Enniscorthy

36

5.00

37

6.00

Fermoy

41

7.00

43

4.00

Galway

47

6.00

51

1.00

Kilkenny

45

0.00

46

0.00

Killarney

52

5.00

51

0.00

Kilrush

41

9.00

45

0.00

Kinsale

38

0.00

38

8.00

Letterkenny

48

3.00

50

0.00

Listowel

46

0.00

48

6.00

Longford

45

0.00

46

0.00

Macroom

30

6.00

33

0.00

Mallow

37

6.00

37

6.00

Midleton

30

0.00

32

0.00

Monaghan

36

3.00

36

9.00

Naas

41

3.00

39

3.00

Nenagh

41

8.00

46

0.00

New Ross

38

8.00

40

0.00

Skibbereen

32

8.00

34

2.00

Sligo

43

9.00

45

5.00

Templemore

43

6.00

45

0.00

Thurles

38

10.00

42

1.00

Tipperary

33

6.00

35

2.00

Tralee

50

4.00

50

0.00

Trim

37

5.00

37

7.00

Tullamore

38

0.00

40

0.00

Westport

48

6.00

51

0.00

Wexford

47

0.00

49

0.00

Wicklow

38

2.00

38

11.00

Youghal

42

6.00

45

5.00

(b) The portion of the rate attributable to the provision of health (including mental health) services:—

Local Authority

1955-56

1956-57

1957-58

1958-59

1959-60

1960-61

1961-62

County Councils:

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

Carlow

10

3.61

11

6.45

8

11.65

9

5.73

11

5.41

12

5.62

12

6.84

Cavan

11

3.00

13

1.00

13

2.00

13

2.00

14

3.00

15

1.00

15

11.00

Clare

12

8.47

14

3.70

14

7.70

14

10.14

14

0.04

15

4.66

16

6.84

Cork North

Cork South

10

.86

14

5.34

14

5.98

11

10.57

13

2.03

12

10.41

13

8.20

Cork West

Donegal

14

4.81

15

3.32

15

11.09

16

0.15

17

1.88

17

4.46

18

10.81

Dublin

9

1.89

9

10.03

9

8.82

9

2.57

10

5.26

9

5.71

8

5.51

Galway

17

1.50

16

2.00

16

11.50

18

3.00

17

11.50

19

8.25

21

0.25

Kerry

15

10.77

19

10.36

18

1.69

19

0.75

20

4.03

20

11.43

21

1.95

Kildare

9

4.13

10

2.55

11

0.83

9

8.08

11

1.91

12

2.25

12

8.47

Kilkenny

9

1.76

10

0.65

10

10.36

11

2.94

11

7.92

11

8.93

12

1.93

Laoighis

10

5.65

11

10.56

11

10.00

11

2.19

11

8.75

12

2.73

12

5.80

Leitrim

12

7.05

13

1.35

14

1.95

14

2.72

14

0.84

15

3.18

15

10.02

Limerick

8

2.83

9

6.34

10

3.58

10

7.15

10

7.02

10

11.55

11

9.60

Longford

11

8.40

13

11.68

13

9.91

13

10.43

14

8.15

14

9.29

16

4.55

Louth

11

5.75

14

4.50

12

11.50

12

9.25

13

7.75

14

2.75

14

11.75

Mayo

16

3.96

17

1.15

17

8.01

16

8.39

17

5.74

18

1.21

19

5.86

Meath

6

1.50

6

5.50

7

9.25

7

10.75

8

4.50

8

7.25

8

9.00

Monaghan

8

8.00

10

4.00

11

3.75

11

1.00

11

7.25

11

11.25

12

7.21

Offaly

9

9.83

12

4.89

11

11.47

11

3.15

11

8.53

12

8.64

13

5.21

Roscommon

12

0.80

12

10.20

13

0.10

13

4.20

13

6.90

13

1.35

13

4.28

Sligo

12

2.02

13

2.56

13

4.23

14

7.36

15

3.25

15

8.80

15

11.34

Tipperary N. R.

9

0.79

10

0.78

10

10.59

11

2.00

11

4.16

11

7.36

12

6.02

Tipperary S. R.

8

0.52

8

9.76

11

0.61

10

5.37

10

11.62

11

0.38

12

0.05

Waterford

11

1.29

12

0.58

11

11.76

12

4.08

13

8.03

14

11.52

15

11.08

Westmeath

9

2.44

10

5.50

11

8.01

12

0.68

11

10.79

12

3.23

12

6.52

Wexford

8

8.25

9

10.00

10

2.50

10

6.25

11

9.50

13

10.50

13

4.00

Wicklow

9

4.10

10

10.87

10

6.89

10

8.05

12

2.85

12

1.03

11

10.02

County Borough Corporations:

Cork

14

8.00

21

2.00

19

3.00

18

8.00

20

11.00

17

5.00

19

5.30

Dublin

11

8.50

14

4.25

13

8.00

13

9.00

13

8.25

13

11.00

13

9.25

Limerick

14

3.00

16

8.34

17

7.57

18

1.75

19

1.71

19

7.85

19

1.69

Waterford

16

4.87

15

4.55

15

6.66

9

7.50

17

4.85

19

10.88

18

2.38

Borough Corporations and Urban District Councils

An Uaimh

6

8.75

6

4.56

8

7.27

7

4.02

8

4.10

7

4.90

6

10.68

Arklow

9

9.28

10

11.60

10

1.30

8

8.40

11

5.39

10

11.10

10

11.30

Athlone

10

6.77

12

2.76

14

2.47

12

11.57

13

0.50

13

5.18

13

4.20

Athy

11

3.25

10

6.08

10

2.01

10

3.90

10

9.41

11

6.09

10

9.00

Ballina

20

4.16

15

8.47

16

6.17

17

7.41

17

6.90

18

8.92

20

6.65

Ballinasloe

17

5.23

5

11.23

17

11.21

19

6.16

16

7.16

19

11.00

20

2.40

Birr

9

8.10

12

7.90

10

8.90

10

10.50

11

0.90

12

6.55

14

1.91

Bray

10

1.36

11

0.95

10

3.65

8

5.78

11

4.47

10

9.57

11

8.44

Buncrana

9

4.92

7

8.96

9

6.38

14

0.61

5

7.58

12

0.53

14

7.83

Bundoran

13

2.93

11

5.47

13

0.24

16

3.87

18

3.84

18

8.74

18

11.13

Carlow

12

4.49

15

6.57

12

9.17

10

5.57

15

0.55

13

3.50

12

2.24

Carrickmacross

10

5.50

10

11.98

10

10.92

11

3.20

11

0.91

10

5.25

12

9.50

Carrick-on-Suir

8

9.50

9

8.36

11

0.96

10

6.64

10

11.60

10

5.93

11

5.62

Cashel

8

1.75

9

4.75

10

6.75

10

5.00

11

8.00

10

6.50

11

11.50

Castlebar

19

3.53

14

11.72

15

10.24

15

6.32

13

9.04

18

9.00

20

9.50

Castleblayney

10

8.50

10

5.50

11

1.58

11

0.00

11

2.00

12

5.75

12

8.00

Cavan

11

1.00

13

10.00

13

2.00

12

9.00

14

5.00

14

5.00

15

8.00

Ceanannus Mór

6

9.13

6

4.80

8

3.35

5

1.62

4

3.23

8

3.24

7

0.31

Clonakilty

10

7.93

11

6.03

11

6.17

12

5.00

11

9.98

12

9.09

13

9.66

Clones

9

6.30

11

7.11

10

8.27

11

0.02

10

10.36

12

6.48

12

4.72

Clonmel

8

2.00

10

0.00

11

3.50

11

3.10

11

3.20

10

7.30

11

6.90

Cobh

10

2.34

9

10.75

13

3.71

10

11.20

13

2.80

12

5.72

12

10.02

Drogheda

12

0.81

14

4.74

12

1.58

12

4.21

13

9.59

14

6.99

15

3.97

Dundalk

12

8.90

14

0.80

12

1.30

11

9.70

13

10.02

14

3.80

15

4.54

Dungarvan

14

11.50

15

10.49

12

5.50

11

5.50

14

0.69

15

3.16

13

10.70

Dún Laoghaire

8

1.16

9

9.43

9

4.84

8

7.71

10

10.45

9

5.11

10

11.85

Ennis

15

5.00

12

10.07

15

8.56

12

8.37

16

0.95

13

5.65

16

0.35

Enniscorthy

9

1.11

11

4.08

10

5.86

10

7.09

12

2.49

12

3.74

12

1.10

Fermoy

11

0.34

12

10.03

13

9.67

12

2.26

14

5.09

14

9.84

15

2.03

Galway

17

11.14

17

4.40

17

7.97

19

3.79

20

10.75

19

6.30

22

1.35

Kilkenny

9

6.13

10

6.49

10

9.14

13

2.08

9

10.66

12

5.71

11

8.96

Killarney

17

2.50

17

5.11

19

6.55

18

4.68

19

4.58

21

1.69

21

1.58

Kilrush

15

11.33

10

6.69

16

9.91

11

11.45

16

4.36

12

5.06

18

3.50

Kinsale

10

6.90

10

6.63

10

7.08

12

10.36

12

0.13

12

0.73

12

0.87

Letterkenny

13

0.27

9

5.75

10

9.18

15

3.05

18

11.43

18

11.30

18

10.68

Listowel

17

1.40

16

8.20

17

5.60

19

0.38

19

4.48

19

11.37

21

6.51

Longford

14

8.08

13

6.33

13

0.69

13

7.73

14

7.66

15

2.98

15

8.06

Macroom

12

0.07

11

1.06

12

3.08

11

7.07

12

9.63

12

3.48

13

11.18

Mallow

9

10.29

11

4.67

12

6.34

11

2.76

13

5.15

13

1.77

13

4.87

Midleton

10

11.69

11

6.78

12

9.78

12

0.75

13

3.49

13

4.24

13

11.81

Monaghan

10

1.55

10

5.30

9

10.93

10

5.46

12

2.37

13

4.69

11

10.71

Naas

10

5.59

9

11.51

9

6.60

9

1.60

9

6.33

11

8.83

10

10.95

Nenagh

8

3.00

6

11.30

11

5.50

11

3.80

12

1.10

11

6.00

12

10.31

New Ross

9

3.00

11

5.00

11

0.60

11

3.50

13

2.05

12

4.94

11

10.00

Skibbereen

11

3.33

12

11.68

13

8.36

14

3.14

14

1.32

14

0.36

14

6.02

Sligo

13

1.27

11

3.09

10

2.10

16

11.37

15

10.37

15

11.51

14

11.24

Templemore

8

10.00

7

8.10

14

0.10

13

0.20

14

0.83

12

5.14

14

1.40

Thurles

8

9.23

7

3.66

11

6.90

11

4.30

12

3.87

11

10.00

13

4.50

Tipperary

7

11.00

9

2.00

10

6.80

10

5.60

11

4.27

10

0.88

11

5.23

Tralee

16

0.97

16

9.67

17

6.86

17

6.68

17

7.14

19

8.88

19

9.07

Trim

6

7.51

6

0.23

7

11.46

8

1.20

7

11.09

8

8.18

7

3.41

Tullamore

9

10.12

13

1.55

10

2.19

10

10.86

11

7.04

12

7.20

13

11.97

Westport

19

10.03

15

3.64

16

8.61

16

10.89

17

8.43

22

4.29

21

3.83

Wexford

9

1.14

11

5.06

11

0.38

11

4.36

12

5.31

11

7.88

11

8.23

Wicklow

9

9.28

11

0.99

10

6.78

8

6.56

11

4.05

10

0.00

10

7.89

Youghal

11

1.00

12

2.00

13

9.96

12

0.71

12

11.51

12

9.35

13

6.80

NOTE:— The figures given at (b) are confined to financial years after the 1st April 1955 as the figures available in the Department for the Rate in the £ for Health Services for years prior to and subsequent to that date are not really comparable. The reason is that a number of health services which in years since the 1st April 1955 have been charged to the Health Services Account were in previous years charged to the Public Assistance Account. These services included the Dispensary Medical Service, Hospital and Specialist Services for the lower income group and services for shelter and maintenance in County Homes.

(c) State Grants for Health

(including Mental Health Services :—

Local Authority

1952-53

1953-54

1954-55

1955-56

1956-57

1957-58

1958-59

1959-60

1960-61

1961-62

County Councils:

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Carlow

48,666

44,460

43,062

84,000

96,700

84,400

85,600

99,400

102,000

100,400

Cavan

79,018

69,636

70,825

171,171

174,600

185,331

173,166

188,100

199,072

215,400

Clare

81,950

87,400

75,124

206,582

222,800

235,500

237,637

249,091

266,313

281,600

Cork

277,607

264,316

275,298

544,442

662,945

703,200

685,012

682,983

729,000

39,300

Donegal

140,923

164,740

197,875

246,342

250,392

260,800

273,384

270,937

300,946

316,300

Dublin

174,470

222,470

127,412

280,000

320,300

348,600

390,243

374,700

384,850

2,900

Galway

234,233

232,371

212,161

434,601

476,381

511,117

505,003

542,469

468,167

616,900

Kerry

124,068

123,296

129,004

264,564

298,842

298,950

324,258

319,418

330,267

370,100

Kildare

57,343

67,322

91,533

137,350

179,400

167,629

149,900

179,100

194,763

191,500

Kilkenny

93,728

78,224

68,857

160,307

199,560

194,898

183,084

209,495

214,198

222,500

Laoighis

54,167

53,048

57,552

108,670

135,200

120,881

125,754

138,600

136,400

151,583

Leitrim

64,686

63,794

65,993

77,060

101,800

95,500

98,393

101,800

109,000

119,600

Limerick

106,640

81,908

111,993

186,100

224,600

241,800

224,098

259,700

275,689

13,900

Longford

61,451

42,148

46,677

89,934

94,476

105,509

101,365

107,400

114,999

124,200

Louth

75,731

73,220

79,600

166,249

171,400

165,500

171,752

177,100

200,514

218,400

Mayo

159,807

121,514

170,346

289,175

296,400

319,400

312,725

317,900

345,171

388,314

Meath

86,470

59,472

72,944

142,830

203,100

196,500

145,614

254,485

223,848

226,500

Monaghan

59,800

71,895

65,883

122,660

148,300

138,113

137,777

162,628

165,000

172,500

Offaly

59,191

67,484

67,215

128,114

127,107

135,030

130,000

138,580

148,411

172,700

Roscommon

112,782

55,600

127,588

162,338

192,200

193,100

209,076

203,500

212,000

240,400

Sligo

81,399

78,174

65,028

133,274

156,765

158,100

159,229

164,400

174,486

194,200

Tipperary N.R.

52,940

55,665

50,362

111,346

123,500

143,515

147,298

147,100

156,111

181,800

Tipperary S.R.

49,300

77,600

79,803

173,100

210,141

203,708

205,806

210,802

238,802

242,900

Waterford

80,089

72,877

75,209

140,820

165,396

146,400

163,400

186,100

188,054

19,900

Westmeath

90,786

55,200

66,266

133,621

180,700

176,000

165,618

175,526

185,024

197,312

Wexford

115,037

98,210

86,154

159,493

204,406

217,721

218,902

216,796

224,272

264,300

Wicklow

85,184

66,276

76,866

138,140

146,000

157,300

164,300

173,000

172,000

141,200

County Borough Corporations

Cork

105,479

93,902

98,223

175,220

251,290

274,600

226,931

238,287

273,000

15,300

Dublin

863,317

955,308

1,006,927

1,440,267

1,674,674

1,656,787

1,685,672

1,668,862

1,741,857

45,000

Limerick

54,821

59,836

55,943

103,500

123,400

140,306

134,160

146,700

146,000

Waterford

37,381

43,250

41,331

61,128

77,389

73,000

77,540

84,631

90,347

3,900

Unified Health Authorities*

Cork

1,061,900

Dublin

2,303,200

Limerick

441,400

Waterford

297,600

* In the year 1961-62 the State grants formerly paid to the County Councils and County Borough Corporations of Cork Dublin, Limerick and Waterford were paid instead to the new Unified Health Authorities set up in these areas under the Health Authorities Act, 1960. In that year only balances of outstanding grants were paid to these four Councils and County Borough Corporations.

NOTE:— Prior to the year 1955-56 portion of the State Grant under the Health `Services, Financia Provisions, Act, 1947 was also paid towards the Public Assistance Services.

(d) Expenditure on Scholarships:—

Authority

1952-53

1953-54

1954-55

1955-56

1956-57

1957-58

1958-59

1959-60

1960-61

1961-62

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

County Councils:

Carlow

1,694

1,495

1,577

1,533

1,556

1,440

1,468

1,629

2,005

2,340

Cavan

2,820

3,575

3,643

3,952

4,212

4,153

5,066

4,685

4,666

4,775

Clare

2,866

2,965

3,424

3,642

3,715

3,896

3,996

4,076

4,106

4,220

Cork

3,000

3,216

3,621

3,824

5,169

4,583

5,517

5,410

5,421

5,863

Donegal

3,364

3,333

4,359

4,773

5,183

5,253

4,183

4,691

3,808

4,555

Dublin

4,363

4,391

4,825

4,240

6,336

6,138

5,807

7,008

7,064

7,690

Galway

3,383

4,136

4,191

4,584

5,706

4,977

5,621

6,170

5,907

6,350

Kerry

2,173

2,145

2,500

2,676

2,770

2,766

2,821

3,293

3,457

3,807

Kildare

4,362

4,435

5,296

5,584

5,764

5,706

6,464

5,954

6,300

6,373

Kilkenny

3,730

4,382

4,462

5,364

5,609

5,511

5,735

5,973

5,934

5,900

Laoighis

4,976

5,366

5,191

4,940

5,071

4,939

4,449

4,299

4,137

5,786

Leitrim

1,811

1,948

1,976

2,034

1,838

1,738

1,831

2,274

2,156

2,135

Limerick

3,022

3,062

2,959

3,259

3,988

3,472

3,697

3,401

3,365

3,500

Longford

2,878

2,957

3,147

3,104

3,464

3,223

3,423

3,445

2,907

2,669

Louth

2,610

2,394

2,914

3,785

3,981

3,459

4,418

4,305

3,722

3,862

Mayo

5,723

5,704

5,142

5,614

5,201

5,473

5,554

5,868

5,800

6,000

Meath

2,827

4,027

3,424

3,826

4,720

4,428

5,743

5,048

6,273

6,500

Monaghan

6,846

4,709

4,981

5,161

5,289

4,960

5,227

5,595

5,507

6,075

Offaly

2,679

2,811

3,293

3,151

3,610

3,477

3,896

4,056

4,108

4,525

Roscommon

5,655

2,979

3,743

4,022

4,075

4,325

4,273

4,083

4,392

5,450

Sligo

3,303

3,825

4,083

3,997

4,118

3,892

3,900

3,878

3,659

4,200

Tipperary N.R.

2,642

3,041

3,216

3,080

3,157

3,083

3,472

3,806

3,797

4,400

Tipperary S.R.

6,181

6,223

6,497

6,325

6,762

7,900

8,634

9,567

9,499

10,200

Waterford

3,348

3,481

4,297

3,409

3,454

3,299

3,598

3,687

3,493

4,470

Westmeath

4,259

3,294

5,126

4,677

5,533

5,207

5,522

4,672

5,388

6,710

Wexford

3,462

3,407

3,111

3,044

3,492

3,422

3,678

4,041

3,706

4,300

Wicklow

3,845

3,880

3,234

4,467

3,457

3,641

3,239

2,989

2,861

3,728

County Borough Corporations:

Cork

2,924

1,805

3,289

3,295

3,388

3,779

3,987

4,195

4,315

4,755

Dublin

14,206

15,459

15,763

16,378

17,571

21,369

21,087

22,950

20,701

24,705

Limerick

1,427

1,700

1,376

1,889

1,900

2,148

2,913

3,210

3,394

3,150

Waterford

1,343

1,345

1,446

1,413

1,451

1,530

1,705

1,702

1,555

1,790

Total

117,722

117,490

126,106

131,042

141,540

143,187

150,924

155,960

153,403

170,783

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