asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state in respect of each local authority in Ireland for each year from 1955 to 1967 inclusive (a) the total rate struck, (b) the health rate struck, (c) and the indebtedness of each county at the end of each financial year.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Striking of Rates.
13.
The information sought by the Deputy at (a) and (c) in his question is available in the Local Taxation Returns for the years 1955-56 to 1963-64 inclusive. The rate in the pound struck by each local authority in 1964-65 and 1965-66 was given in reply to Question No. 17 of 14th July, 1965 by Deputy Clinton. The information sought at (b) in respect of the years 1955-56 to 1961-62 inclusive was given in reply to Question No. 96 of 20th February, 1963 by Deputy M. O'Higgins.
The balance of the information requested is set out in statements, which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report.
Following are the statements:
(a) RATE in pound struck by each local authority respect of year 1966-67.
|
Authority |
Rate in £ |
|
|
COUNTY COUNCILS: |
||
|
s. |
d. |
|
|
Carlow |
58 |
9.00 |
|
Cavan |
63 |
6.00 |
|
Clare |
59 |
11.29 |
|
Cork North |
71 |
3.16 |
|
Cork South |
69 |
5.25 |
|
Cork West |
65 |
0.99 |
|
Donegal |
78 |
9.65 |
|
Dublin |
50 |
9.00 |
|
Galway |
78 |
5.00 |
|
Kerry |
79 |
8.90 |
|
Kildare |
54 |
6.59 |
|
Kilkenny |
51 |
7.83 |
|
Laoighis |
58 |
9.00 |
|
Leitrim |
69 |
0.44 |
|
Limerick |
60 |
1.78 |
|
Longford |
75 |
6.00 |
|
Louth |
56 |
5.50 |
|
Mayo |
82 |
0.00 |
|
Meath |
40 |
9.25 |
|
Monaghan |
51 |
0.50 |
|
Offaly |
57 |
3.64 |
|
Roscommon |
66 |
1.50 |
|
Sligo |
63 |
0.42 |
|
Tipperary NR |
61 |
10.00 |
|
Tipperary SR |
60 |
8.97 |
|
Waterford |
61 |
0.00 |
|
Westmeath |
49 |
11.00 |
|
Wexford |
57 |
6.00 |
|
Wicklow |
53 |
4.14 |
|
COUNTY BOROUGHS: |
||
|
Cork |
73 |
8.00 |
|
Dublin |
61 |
4.00 |
|
Limerick |
79 |
6.00 |
|
Waterford |
74 |
1.00 |
|
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCILS: |
||
|
An Uaimh |
48 |
0 |
|
Arklow |
67 |
0 |
|
Athlone |
64 |
0 |
|
Athy |
53 |
0 |
|
Ballina |
69 |
0 |
|
Ballinasloe |
79 |
0 |
|
Birr |
58 |
0 |
|
Bray |
56 |
0 |
|
Buncrana |
52 |
0 |
|
Bundoran |
68 |
4 |
|
Carlow |
47 |
9 |
|
Carrickmacross |
47 |
0 |
|
Carrick-on-Suir |
59 |
0 |
|
Cashel |
69 |
8 |
|
Castlebar |
81 |
0 |
|
Castleblayney |
54 |
3 |
|
Cavan |
64 |
0 |
|
Ceanannus Mór |
36 |
8 |
|
Clonakilty |
55 |
0 |
|
Clones |
52 |
10 |
|
Clonmel |
64 |
6 |
|
Cobh |
60 |
10 |
|
Drogheda |
67 |
9 |
|
Dundalk |
68 |
6 |
|
Dungarvan |
61 |
10 |
|
Dún Laoghaire |
57 |
0 |
|
Ennis |
52 |
6 |
|
Enniscorthy |
57 |
6 |
|
Fermoy |
62 |
10 |
|
Galway |
72 |
4 |
|
Kilkenny |
74 |
0 |
|
Killarney |
74 |
4 |
|
Kilrush |
54 |
6 |
|
Kinsale |
61 |
0 |
|
Letterkenny |
76 |
0 |
|
Listowel |
75 |
5 |
|
Longford |
71 |
3 |
|
Macroom |
59 |
0 |
|
Mallow |
67 |
6 |
|
Midleton |
53 |
0 |
|
Monaghan |
50 |
0 |
|
Naas |
55 |
0 |
|
Nenagh |
67 |
0 |
|
New Ross |
59 |
0 |
|
Skibbereen |
62 |
0 |
|
Sligo |
66 |
9 |
|
Templemore |
63 |
3 |
|
Thurles |
55 |
7 |
|
Tipperary |
59 |
4 |
|
Tralee |
77 |
8 |
|
Trim |
49 |
4 |
|
Tullamore |
62 |
0 |
|
Westport |
76 |
6 |
|
Wexford |
70 |
8 |
|
Wicklow |
59 |
11 |
|
Youghal |
67 |
0 |
(b) THE health rate (including mental health) struck by each local authority in respect of each financial year from 1962/63 to 1966/67 inclusive.
|
Authority |
1962-63 |
1963-64 |
1964-65 |
1965-66 |
1966-67 |
|||||
|
County Councils: |
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
|
Carlow |
13 |
5.14 |
13 |
8.91 |
16 |
3.22 |
19 |
11.39 |
20 |
6.36 |
|
Cavan |
16 |
11.00 |
17 |
5.00 |
20 |
11.00 |
24 |
2.00 |
24 |
2.00 |
|
Clare |
17 |
6.68 |
18 |
0.01 |
20 |
2.15 |
22 |
2.08 |
22 |
6.23 |
|
Cork |
14 |
9.50 |
16 |
9.40 |
19 |
3.21 |
21 |
11.39 |
24 |
9.45 |
|
Donegal |
19 |
11.81 |
21 |
7.90 |
24 |
10.65 |
29 |
6.13 |
31 |
8.06 |
|
Dublin |
9 |
7.18 |
10 |
6.83 |
13 |
0.25 |
15 |
6.72 |
16 |
5.69 |
|
Galway |
24 |
3.00 |
24 |
7.75 |
27 |
4.50 |
31 |
4.75 |
31 |
8.25 |
|
Kerry |
24 |
5.48 |
25 |
9.77 |
28 |
6.57 |
33 |
1.73 |
34 |
8.72 |
|
Kildare |
13 |
10.89 |
13 |
5.87 |
17 |
0.99 |
19 |
9.68 |
20 |
0.96 |
|
Kilkenny |
13 |
8.93 |
14 |
2.26 |
15 |
8.26 |
19 |
5.89 |
20 |
7.00 |
|
Laoighis |
14 |
6.77 |
14 |
11.07 |
17 |
5.93 |
20 |
7.33 |
27 |
0.97 |
|
Leitrim |
17 |
6.94 |
18 |
8.67 |
21 |
3.41 |
27 |
0.97 |
23 |
3.55 |
|
Limerick |
13 |
9.79 |
15 |
0.84 |
19 |
0.30 |
21 |
3.15 |
23 |
2.78 |
|
Longford |
18 |
2.85 |
18 |
9.64 |
21 |
9.45 |
23 |
8.20 |
27 |
10.96 |
|
Louth |
17 |
9.10 |
18 |
5.03 |
20 |
9.31 |
23 |
5.93 |
23 |
5.87 |
|
Mayo |
22 |
2.50 |
23 |
8.56 |
27 |
1.27 |
33 |
5.85 |
34 |
11.89 |
|
Meath |
9 |
2.25 |
9 |
2.75 |
10 |
5.50 |
12 |
2.00 |
12 |
2.75 |
|
Monahgan |
13 |
11.10 |
14 |
6.15 |
17 |
2.70 |
20 |
11.00 |
21 |
11.50 |
|
Offaly |
14 |
11.41 |
15 |
5.14 |
16 |
7.77 |
19 |
10.07 |
21 |
3.82 |
|
Roscommon |
15 |
8.53 |
15 |
7.46 |
19 |
1.72 |
23 |
10.27 |
22 |
8.20 |
|
Sligo |
17 |
7.78 |
19 |
8.57 |
20 |
8.98 |
26 |
4.28 |
25 |
2.08 |
|
Tipperary NR |
14 |
7.39 |
14 |
9.18 |
16 |
1.59 |
18 |
6.57 |
21 |
6.37 |
|
Tipperary SR |
13 |
3.73 |
14 |
0.77 |
16 |
2.54 |
19 |
10.85 |
19 |
7.64 |
|
Waterford |
17 |
9.39 |
19 |
4.54 |
21 |
5.37 |
23 |
3.89 |
24 |
0.94 |
|
Westmeath |
14 |
1.30 |
14 |
4.66 |
16 |
9.29 |
19 |
2.90 |
18 |
3.48 |
|
Wexford |
14 |
6.25 |
14 |
4.25 |
17 |
1.00 |
20 |
5.75 |
21 |
2.75 |
|
Wicklow |
13 |
4.44 |
13 |
3.36 |
16 |
4.67 |
19 |
8.02 |
22 |
3.04 |
|
County Boroughs: |
||||||||||
|
Cork |
22 |
1.00 |
24 |
5.26 |
27 |
8.85 |
30 |
3.28 |
30 |
7.72 |
|
Dublin |
14 |
5.25 |
16 |
7.75 |
18 |
5.50 |
22 |
0.00 |
22 |
1.25 |
|
Limerick |
20 |
11.83 |
21 |
6.94 |
24 |
2.60 |
28 |
4.60 |
29 |
6.90 |
|
Waterford |
21 |
4.92 |
22 |
6.87 |
24 |
6.15 |
26 |
10.42 |
28 |
5.85 |
|
Urban District Cl. |
||||||||||
|
An Uaimh |
8 |
2.87 |
8 |
6.07 |
11 |
1.67 |
13 |
2.95 |
14 |
9.47 |
|
Arklow |
12 |
6.60 |
13 |
4.70 |
16 |
0.24 |
21 |
1.94 |
20 |
8.49 |
|
Athlone |
15 |
6.98 |
16 |
9.36 |
18 |
10.27 |
23 |
1.21 |
22 |
1.51 |
|
Athy |
12 |
7.13 |
11 |
11.87 |
15 |
3.50 |
18 |
0.83 |
17 |
9.30 |
|
Ballina |
23 |
2.00 |
23 |
9.06 |
29 |
0.05 |
34 |
9.22 |
37 |
1.34 |
|
Ballinasloe |
22 |
9.24 |
22 |
5.26 |
27 |
3.86 |
30 |
0.49 |
33 |
2.82 |
|
Birr |
15 |
3.50 |
14 |
9.03 |
17 |
3.30 |
19 |
7.60 |
22 |
7.85 |
|
Bray |
13 |
3.66 |
13 |
5.47 |
16 |
1.21 |
20 |
1.73 |
21 |
2.38 |
|
Buncrana |
16 |
0.98 |
17 |
5.63 |
20 |
7.76 |
22 |
8.52 |
23 |
3.52 |
|
Bundoran |
18 |
3.40 |
22 |
11.98 |
26 |
10.98 |
29 |
11.74 |
31 |
3.52 |
|
Carlow |
12 |
6.98 |
14 |
0.70 |
16 |
8.71 |
19 |
0.43 |
20 |
10.46 |
|
Carrickmacross |
14 |
7.54 |
15 |
4.67 |
19 |
4.64 |
20 |
3.60 |
20 |
3.07 |
|
Carrick-on-Suir |
12 |
6.57 |
14 |
9.44 |
15 |
6.00 |
18 |
2.24 |
23 |
3.12 |
|
Cashel |
13 |
0.25 |
15 |
7.50 |
15 |
6.99 |
18 |
6.75 |
22 |
8.00 |
|
Castlebar |
23 |
7.67 |
23 |
1.41 |
28 |
3.00 |
35 |
6.00 |
37 |
7.00 |
|
Castleblayney |
14 |
2.74 |
16 |
3.45 |
18 |
8.75 |
19 |
6.69 |
19 |
0.79 |
|
Cavan |
16 |
4.00 |
17 |
5.00 |
20 |
1.00 |
25 |
3.00 |
27 |
2.00 |
|
Ceannanus Mór |
8 |
6.08 |
8 |
5.45 |
11 |
2.61 |
12 |
10.90 |
14 |
6.48 |
|
Clonakilty |
14 |
2.86 |
15 |
9.70 |
18 |
9.35 |
22 |
7.28 |
24 |
7.81 |
|
Clones |
14 |
0.31 |
14 |
5.71 |
18 |
0.31 |
20 |
3.60 |
20 |
3.90 |
|
Clonmel |
13 |
2.10 |
15 |
10.00 |
15 |
5.30 |
18 |
4.80 |
22 |
4.00 |
|
Cobh |
13 |
6.56 |
16 |
8.18 |
19 |
2.35 |
21 |
10.67 |
24 |
9.70 |
|
Drogheda |
18 |
1.46 |
18 |
5.73 |
20 |
11.26 |
24 |
7.09 |
23 |
9.68 |
|
Dundalk |
17 |
3.58 |
19 |
5.13 |
21 |
0.01 |
23 |
9.56 |
24 |
8.54 |
|
Dungarvan |
16 |
8.60 |
17 |
6.10 |
20 |
6.50 |
22 |
6.03 |
23 |
7.20 |
|
Dún Laoghaire |
10 |
4.50 |
12 |
0.59 |
13 |
6.30 |
16 |
8.70 |
18 |
7.30 |
|
Ennis |
17 |
11.51 |
17 |
6.40 |
19 |
8.07 |
23 |
1.20 |
22 |
1.12 |
|
Enniscorthy |
13 |
10.88 |
13 |
10.52 |
16 |
9.58 |
22 |
4.38 |
23 |
4.80 |
|
Fermoy |
14 |
4.58 |
14 |
8.71 |
19 |
3.24 |
20 |
7.04 |
24 |
1.73 |
|
Galway |
24 |
6.63 |
24 |
9.02 |
28 |
4.40 |
32 |
8.94 |
34 |
7.69 |
|
Kilkenny |
14 |
1.97 |
15 |
2.04 |
16 |
11.87 |
20 |
1.13 |
22 |
7.53 |
|
Killarney |
22 |
9.61 |
23 |
5.79 |
30 |
5.08 |
31 |
0.77 |
33 |
7.91 |
|
Kilrush |
17 |
10.20 |
17 |
4.77 |
19 |
10.24 |
22 |
5.27 |
22 |
1.44 |
|
Kinsale |
13 |
11.82 |
15 |
2.91 |
19 |
3.42 |
22 |
4.16 |
24 |
2.30 |
|
Letterkenny |
18 |
0.05 |
22 |
11.34 |
26 |
1.92 |
27 |
1.05 |
33 |
1.67 |
|
Listowel |
23 |
11.85 |
24 |
10.02 |
30 |
1.78 |
30 |
9.83 |
32 |
6.85 |
|
Longford |
18 |
4.65 |
19 |
6.75 |
21 |
0.87 |
23 |
5.11 |
30 |
7.89 |
|
Macroom |
14 |
4.82 |
15 |
10.41 |
19 |
1.39 |
20 |
4.26 |
25 |
0.33 |
|
Mallow |
13 |
11.78 |
16 |
0.48 |
19 |
7.12 |
22 |
5.40 |
23 |
8.88 |
|
Midleton |
14 |
4.75 |
16 |
4.12 |
19 |
7.61 |
21 |
3.30 |
25 |
9.36 |
|
Monaghan |
12 |
10.07 |
16 |
0.02 |
19 |
3.00 |
20 |
1.41 |
20 |
5.54 |
|
Naas |
12 |
2.35 |
12 |
7.80 |
17 |
2.71 |
19 |
2.49 |
18 |
8.97 |
|
Nenagh |
14 |
8.97 |
12 |
10.60 |
14 |
1.74 |
18 |
6.36 |
16 |
9.01 |
|
New Ross |
12 |
7.80 |
13 |
0.40 |
15 |
4.80 |
21 |
3.59 |
22 |
5.66 |
|
Skibbereen |
15 |
3.77 |
16 |
6.28 |
22 |
11.17 |
20 |
9.19 |
27 |
8.60 |
|
Sligo |
17 |
6.29 |
18 |
11.75 |
21 |
5.47 |
26 |
6.08 |
26 |
3.89 |
|
Templemore |
15 |
0.30 |
13 |
4.60 |
14 |
4.31 |
17 |
11.30 |
17 |
0.20 |
|
Thurles |
14 |
10.30 |
13 |
0.69 |
13 |
10.30 |
19 |
5.60 |
17 |
10.80 |
|
Tipperary |
12 |
4.85 |
15 |
0.70 |
15 |
9.85 |
18 |
10.67 |
23 |
6.13 |
|
Tralee |
22 |
6.38 |
24 |
8.89 |
28 |
6.46 |
31 |
5.13 |
34 |
7.00 |
|
Trim |
8 |
8.40 |
9 |
0.57 |
11 |
3.34 |
13 |
1.71 |
14 |
7.38 |
|
Tullamore |
15 |
3.84 |
15 |
0.53 |
17 |
6.55 |
19 |
2.20 |
22 |
1.52 |
|
Westport |
24 |
8.06 |
25 |
10.13 |
28 |
4.68 |
34 |
10.30 |
36 |
10.60 |
|
Wexford |
13 |
11.25 |
14 |
3.60 |
16 |
9.11 |
22 |
5.66 |
23 |
3.78 |
|
Wicklow |
13 |
0.70 |
14 |
1.00 |
16 |
4.00 |
15 |
10.28 |
21 |
11.23 |
|
Youghal |
15 |
0.50 |
15 |
3.41 |
18 |
0.40 |
22 |
8.58 |
24 |
10.42 |
(c) INDEBTEDNESS of each County Council at the 31st March, 1965, 1966 and 1967.
|
County Council |
Indebtedness |
||
|
1664-65 |
1965-66* |
1966-67* |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Carlow |
1,517,614 |
1,635,014 |
1,730,880 |
|
Cavan |
1,898,676 |
2,130,000 |
2,300,040 |
|
Clare |
2,088,711 |
2,395,798 |
2,826,114 |
|
Cork |
11,487,069 |
12,624,853 |
13,318,887 |
|
Donegal |
3,861,474 |
4,296,118 |
4,781,000 |
|
Dublin |
16,323,362 |
17,138,922 |
18,079,157 |
|
Galway |
2,674,045 |
2,944,600 |
3,137,300 |
|
Kerry |
3,452,090 |
4,130,251 |
|
|
Kildare |
2,915,051 |
3,140,949 |
|
|
Kilkenny |
2,660,568 |
2,848,727 |
3,022,081 |
|
Laoighis |
1,932,277 |
2,150,000 |
2,288,500 |
|
Leitrim |
653,178 |
697,760 |
748,244 |
|
Limerick |
3,195,906 |
3,370,519 |
3,826,831 |
|
Longford |
1,226,873 |
1,304,988 |
1,527,411 |
|
Louth |
1,565,811 |
1,641,009 |
1,743,318 |
|
Mayo |
2,329,013 |
2,540,000 |
2,590,000 |
|
Meath |
2,592,834 |
2,924,074 |
3,252,628 |
|
Monaghan |
1,115,460 |
1,371,244 |
1,526,922 |
|
Offaly |
1,630,862 |
1,783,600 |
1,825,055 |
|
Roscommon |
2,030,741 |
2,244,453 |
2,460,868 |
|
Sligo |
1,042,666 |
1,330,000 |
1,364,000 |
|
Tipperary NR |
1,296,208 |
1,569,007 |
1,725,000 |
|
Tipperary SR |
1,859,543 |
2,304,600 |
2,443,470 |
|
Waterford |
1,513,271 |
1,805,000 |
1,953,459 |
|
Westmeath |
2,349,935 |
2,676,409 |
2,827,925 |
|
Wexford |
2,534,150 |
2,980,000 |
3,300,200 |
|
Wicklow |
1,314,566 |
1,315,833 |
1,466,754 |
*Estimated.