Vol. 417 No. 6
24 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the basis on which he can justify the decrease in the rate support grant for Cork City over the 1981 figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Rate support grant allocations to all local authorities, including Cork Corporation, have been reduced on a number of occasions, particularly since 1986, to take account of the many other adjustments in local financial arrangements during that period. These include the elimination of levies and statutory demands, the writing-off of local loans funds debt repayments, and the introduction of direct rate payments by the ESB to local authorities. The effect of these and other adjustments must be taken into accout before any valid comparison can be made between current rate support grant allocations and those of previous years.
