asked the Minister for Health if he will state, further to his previous reply concerning rates relief to local authorities arising from increased health charges, the amount of relief granted to each county and the increased health charge being borne directly by each county.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Rates Relief.
7.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report. The statement is as follows:—
|
Contributing Local Authority |
Total Grant Payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 32 of the Health Act, 1970 |
Amount to be met by rating authorities in respect of 1971-72 |
|
Carlow |
410,000 |
350,000 |
|
Cavan |
756,000 |
570,000 |
|
Clare |
994,000 |
716,000 |
|
Donegal |
1,338,000 |
899,000 |
|
Galway |
2,512,000 |
1,555,000 |
|
Kerry |
1,592,000 |
1,061,000 |
|
Kildare |
733,000 |
625,000 |
|
Kilkenny |
807,000 |
634,000 |
|
Laoighis |
606,000 |
476,000 |
|
Leitrim |
474,000 |
313,000 |
|
Longford |
419,000 |
303,000 |
|
Louth |
770,000 |
637,000 |
|
Mayo |
1,870,000 |
1,136,000 |
|
Meath |
794,000 |
676,000 |
|
Monaghan |
663,000 |
501,000 |
|
Offaly |
676,000 |
501,000 |
|
Roscommon |
751,000 |
567,000 |
|
Sligo |
787,000 |
536,000 |
|
Tipperary (NR) |
578,000 |
483,000 |
|
Tipperary (SR) |
814,000 |
680,000 |
|
Westmeath |
706,000 |
602,000 |
|
Wexford |
970,000 |
809,000 |
|
Wicklow |
711,000 |
606,000 |
|
Cork County Council |
5,555,000 |
3,717,000 |
|
Cork Corporation |
||
|
Dublin County Council |
9,245,000 |
8,545,000 |
|
Dublin Corporation |
||
|
Dún Laoire Corporation |
||
|
Limerick County Council |
1,825,000 |
1,262,000 |
|
Limerick Corporation |
||
|
Waterford County Council |
1,152,000 |
884,000 |
|
Waterford Corporation |
FOOTNOTES: The grants payable are based on estimates of net health expenditure for 1971-72 as supplied in November/December, 1970 by the existing health authorities and are intended to enable the contributing bodies to keep increases in health rates for 1971-72 to a maximum of 44p. All local authorities have not yet struck rates but of those that have it is understood that increases range from 25p to 44p.
In order to give an accurate picture of the relief provided, it is necessary to take into account the fact that the full excess over the original estimates for the current year, 1970-71, will be borne by the Exchequer. This results in an average saving of 15p in health rates generally.