Local Authority Expenditure

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

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John McGuinness

Question:

337 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the value of the debt owed to central Government by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29695/11]

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Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Phil Hogan)

In 2011 local authorities have budgeted to spend some €7bn in total between current and capital programmes. The main sources of funding include current and capital income, grants and subsidies. In addition, limited debt finance is available to local authorities as necessary to finance their expenditure.

The information requested, which relates to debt owed to central government, is set out in the table and refers to loans advanced through the Local Loans Fund which is operated by the Office of Public Works under the aegis of the Minister for Finance. 2009 is the latest year for which audited information is available.

	€
Carlow	1,189,347
Cavan	1,794,297
Clare	755,711
Cork	5,110,536
Donegal	1,052,156
Fingal	117,083
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown	82,921
Galway	1,058,825
Kerry	1,349,253
Kildare	117,589
Kilkenny	298,151
Laois	61,955
Leitrim	861,526
Limerick	418,640
Longford	762,001
Louth	2,262,160
Mayo	2,238,364
Meath	62,521
North Tipperary	416,262
Offaly	88,154
Roscommon	1,740,833
Sligo	16,620
South Dublin	248,449
South Tipperary	748,764
Waterford	129,646
Westmeath	884,269
Wexford	1,079,290
Wicklow	2,376,012
Subtotal	27,321,337
City Councils
Cork	847,552
Galway	213,162
Limerick	190,161
Waterford	65,743
Subtotal	1,316,618
Town & Borough Councils
Clonmel	294,287
Drogheda	685,499
Kilkenny	222,029
Sligo	94,020
Wexford	47,996
Arklow	79,631
Athlone	130,974
Ballina	107,465
Bray	205,262
Carrick on Suir	24,718
Dundalk	1,000,143
Dungarvan	54,774
Enniscorthy	4,978
Kells	64,509
Letterkenny	12,470
Tipperary	115,689
Tullamore	15,061
Wicklow	101,033
Sub Total	3,260,538
Total	31,898,493