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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 January 2013

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Questions (522, 530)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

522. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the local government grant amount for each local authority, town and county, throughout the State as per capita; and if he will outline efforts to redress any differences between the local government grant allocated to Navan and Meath and the State average. [3962/13]

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Peadar Tóibín

Question:

530. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the local government grant amount for each local authority, town and county, throughout the State per capita; if he will make efforts to equalise the difference between the local government grant allocated to Navan and Meath and the State average. [4192/13]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 522 and 530 together.

I assume that the Questions refer to general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. General purpose grants are my Department’s contribution towards meeting the cost to local authorities of providing a reasonable level of services to their customers. These grants continue to make a significant contribution to the revenue funding of local authorities. I was pleased to announce general purpose grant allocations for 2013 totalling €640m, a slight decrease of 1.7% on the initial allocation for 2012. Meath County Council’s 2013 allocation is some €21.25m, a decrease of 2% on the 2012 allocation, whereas Navan County Council’s allocation of €472,699 represents an increase of 20.5% on its 2012 allocation.

Local authorities cost and income bases vary significantly from one another and calculating an appropriate distribution of these grants is complex. General purpose grants from the Local Government Fund are structured to bring about equalisation over time; that is a position of balance where the financial needs of local authorities are met by their resources and they are able to provide an appropriate level of service to their customers. In determining these grants a number of factors are taken into account including the overall funding available for this purpose, the estimated cost to each authority of providing a reasonable level of services to their customers, the income each authority should generate from local sources and the necessity to provide each authority with a baseline allocation that will support its financial stability. Any system designed to align funding solely or mainly on a per capita basis would ignore important differences between local authority cost and income bases.

The most recent population information can be obtained from 2011 census data available on the Central Statistics Office’s website at www.cso.ie. The 2013 General purpose grant allocations are set out in the following table.

Local Authority

2013 Allocation

Carlow County Council

8,560,762

Cavan County Council

14,123,740

Clare County Council

10,072,651

Cork County Council

32,048,612

Donegal County Council

30,840,363

Fingal County Council

19,619,590

D.Laoire/Rathdown Co Co

24,772,291

Galway County Council

27,400,744

Kerry County Council

18,374,432

Kildare County Council

20,634,229

Kilkenny County Council

15,105,892

Laois County Council

13,070,064

Leitrim County Council

11,952,743

Limerick County Council

17,668,930

Longford County Council

11,488,728

Louth County Council

9,044,372

Mayo County Council

27,650,043

Meath County Council

21,251,612

Monaghan County Council

11,968,784

Tipp NR County Council

14,504,742

Offaly County Council

12,095,491

Roscommon County Council

15,828,208

Sligo County Council

13,584,307

Sth Dublin County Council

16,285,348

Tipp South County Council

17,302,006

Waterford County Council

18,176,169

Westmeath County Council

16,055,537

Wexford County Council

15,912,433

Wicklow County Council

14,357,641

Cork City Council

16,612,544

Dublin City Council

52,613,531

Galway City Council

5,750,549

Limerick City Council

8,264,861

Waterford City Council

5,415,345

Clonmel Borough Council

2,235,458

Drogheda Borough Council

3,047,680

Kilkenny Borough Council

1,203,255

Sligo Borough Council

2,000,541

Wexford Borough Council

1,684,540

Arklow Town Council

1,200,969

Athlone Town Council

1,231,467

Athy Town Council

543,047

Ballina Town Council

1,209,373

Ballinasloe Town Council

645,234

Birr Town Council

590,609

Bray Town Council

3,138,743

Buncrana Town Council

666,687

Bundoran Town Council

404,340

Carlow Town Council

1,265,988

Carrickmacross Town Council

442,918

Carrick-on-Suir Town Council

860,228

Cashel Town Council

490,624

Castlebar Town Council

693,522

Castleblayney Town Council

343,549

Cavan Town Council

621,373

Clonakilty Town Council

450,662

Clones Town Council

441,092

Cobh Town Council

904,763

Dundalk Town Council

3,410,323

Dungarvan Town Council

673,294

Ennis Town Council

1,625,178

Enniscorthy Town Council

878,576

Fermoy Town Council

627,850

Kells Town Council

343,356

Killarney Town Council

1,251,767

Kilrush Town Council

461,460

Kinsale Town Council

298,163

Letterkenny Town Council

756,453

Listowel Town Council

533,911

Longford Town Council

830,162

Macroom Town Council

454,502

Mallow Town Council

823,011

Midleton Town Council

420,864

Monaghan Town Council

787,065

Naas Town Council

1,067,472

Navan Town Council

472,669

Nenagh Town Council

805,581

New Ross Town Council

741,554

Skibbereen Town Council

320,195

Templemore Town Council

479,867

Thurles Town Council

693,222

Tipperary Town Council

599,444

Tralee Town Council

2,078,813

Trim Town Council

404,706

Tullamore Town Council

878,613

Westport Town Council

581,332

Wicklow Town Council

1,141,936

Youghal Town Council

834,709

Total

640,000,000

Questions Nos. 523 and 524 answered with Question No. 517.
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