The local government funding model will change considerably in 2014. Under the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, commencing in 2014, the Minister for Finance will pay into the Local Government Fund an amount equivalent to the Local Property Tax paid into the Central Fund during that year; this revenue will be allocated to local authorities from the Fund. The funding to be provided to local authorities for the provision of water services in 2014 will be governed by Service Level Agreements between Irish Water and individual authorities. The following table, based on information supplied by the Local Government Management Agency on 16 December 2013, sets out the revenue received by each local authority to date in respect of the 2013 Non-Principal Private Residence Charge liability date. The 2014 General Purpose Grant allocations take into account the fact that 2013 is the final year of operation of the Charge.
The information requested concerning General Purpose Grant allocations is available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie. However, for a number of reasons, it is inappropriate to make direct comparisons between the General Purpose Grant allocations made in 2013 and those made in 2014. Among the reasons involved is the fact that a large component of the cost base of each local authority, namely the operational cost of delivering water services, is transferring to Irish Water and therefore direct local authority funding needs are lower in 2014. In addition, 2014 General Purpose Grant allocations have been made on a city and "county at large" basis, whereas separate town council allocations were made in previous years.
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County/City Council
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2013
€m
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Carlow
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0.72
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Cavan
|
0.95
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Clare
|
2.14
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Cork City
|
2.60
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Cork County
|
5.74
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Donegal
|
3.19
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Dublin City
|
13.04
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Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
|
3.27
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Fingal
|
3.73
|
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Galway City
|
2.39
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Galway County
|
2.19
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Kerry
|
3.26
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Kildare
|
2.17
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Kilkenny
|
0.95
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Laois
|
0.75
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Leitrim
|
0.66
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Limerick City
|
1.25
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Limerick County
|
1.46
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Longford
|
0.56
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Louth
|
1.23
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Mayo
|
2.26
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Meath
|
1.50
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Monaghan
|
0.56
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North Tipperary
|
0.85
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Offaly
|
0.66
|
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Roscommon
|
0.87
|
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Sligo
|
1.32
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South Dublin
|
2.55
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South Tipperary
|
1.01
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Waterford City
|
0.94
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Waterford County
|
0.87
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Westmeath
|
1.29
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Wexford
|
2.78
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Wicklow
|
1.53
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Total
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71.25*
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* Difference due to rounding.
