Written Answers Nos. 143 - 154
143. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he voted in favour of the biofuel mandate at the EU energy Council of Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12610/14]
View answerThe 2009 Renewable Energy Directive sets all Member States a binding target that at least 10% of the energy used in the transport sector must come from renewable sources by 2020. An increased deployment of sustainable biofuels will be necessary in order to achieve this target. Following concerns that the use of certain categories of biofuels could have Indirect Land-Use Change (ILUC) effects that would reduce their effectiveness in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the EU Commission proposed amendments to the Renewable Energy Directive in 2012 to limit the contribution that these biofuels can make towards renewable energy targets.
Ireland's preference is to see as low a cap on biofuels with a risk of ILUC effects as is realistically achievable in order to mitigate the potential conflict between biofuel use in the EU and land use in the developing world. The issue was last discussed at the meeting of the Council of Energy Ministers in December 2013. In the interests of facilitating negotiations with the European Parliament with a view to reaching an agreement as quickly as possible, Ireland supported the Lithuanian Presidency’s proposal, which included a 7% cap on biofuels with a risk of ILUC. This would have been an improvement on the current position and would have reduced biofuels with a risk of ILUC. Regrettably, agreement could not be reached and seven Member States voted against the proposal, including a number of Member States who had argued for a higher cap or no cap at all.
144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown per county of the number of persons who have availed of the better energy schemes; the current waiting times for the schemes; the number of applications currently to be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12652/14]
View answerThe Better Energy Homes and the Better Energy Warmer Homes schemes are administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) under the Better Energy Programme. There is no waiting list for the Better Energy Homes scheme as it is delivered to homeowners by private contractors managed by the homeowner. As of 7 March there are 4,795 homes on the waiting list to receive energy upgrades under the Warmer Homes scheme. The SEAI have been focused on reducing waiting times over the last 12 months and are prioritising any homes on the waiting list for more than 6 months. The average waiting time for services for homes who fully comply with the requirements of the scheme is 92 days. Information on the number of homes that have received energy efficiency measures under the Better Energy Homes and the Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme for the period 2009 - 2013 is outlined in the following table.
Better Energy Homes
|
County |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Number of Homes Completed |
|
- |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
YTD 2014 |
Scheme Total |
|
Carlow |
213 |
465 |
445 |
255 |
171 |
15 |
1,564 |
|
Cavan |
348 |
1015 |
1,098 |
437 |
193 |
31 |
3,122 |
|
Clare |
1101 |
2926 |
2,613 |
998 |
416 |
50 |
8,104 |
|
Cork |
2105 |
5521 |
7,492 |
4,434 |
2,609 |
344 |
22,505 |
|
Donegal |
597 |
1633 |
1,487 |
579 |
175 |
16 |
4,487 |
|
Dublin |
2752 |
6066 |
7,300 |
5,373 |
3,472 |
461 |
25,424 |
|
Galway |
1583 |
4087 |
4,141 |
1,966 |
912 |
113 |
12,802 |
|
Kerry |
998 |
3067 |
2,546 |
1,045 |
545 |
31 |
8,232 |
|
Kildare |
534 |
1118 |
1,179 |
747 |
452 |
71 |
4,101 |
|
Kilkenny |
407 |
1216 |
1,070 |
465 |
195 |
41 |
3,394 |
|
Laois |
267 |
711 |
755 |
366 |
144 |
20 |
2,263 |
|
Leitrim |
121 |
280 |
247 |
163 |
55 |
6 |
872 |
|
Limerick |
1375 |
3410 |
3,743 |
1,696 |
610 |
63 |
10,897 |
|
Longford |
163 |
521 |
379 |
172 |
65 |
8 |
1,308 |
|
Louth |
544 |
1174 |
1,095 |
721 |
543 |
59 |
4,136 |
|
Mayo |
473 |
1186 |
1,767 |
898 |
248 |
39 |
4,611 |
|
Meath |
529 |
1226 |
1,216 |
678 |
537 |
58 |
4,244 |
|
Monaghan |
420 |
869 |
892 |
413 |
110 |
11 |
2,715 |
|
Offaly |
195 |
533 |
525 |
319 |
146 |
17 |
1,735 |
|
Roscommon |
288 |
845 |
801 |
363 |
144 |
12 |
2,453 |
|
Sligo |
281 |
607 |
570 |
350 |
126 |
15 |
1,949 |
|
Tipperary |
775 |
2139 |
2,500 |
1,093 |
416 |
33 |
6,956 |
|
Waterford |
819 |
1624 |
1,965 |
1,184 |
493 |
62 |
6,147 |
|
Westmeath |
268 |
740 |
756 |
369 |
175 |
26 |
2,334 |
|
Wexford |
726 |
2252 |
1,835 |
839 |
435 |
93 |
6,180 |
|
Wicklow |
328 |
731 |
819 |
503 |
323 |
44 |
2,748 |
|
Total |
18,210 |
45,962 |
49,236 |
26,426 |
13,710 |
1,739 |
155,283 |
Better Energy Warmer Homes
|
County |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Number of Homes Completed |
|
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
YTD 2014 |
Scheme Total |
|
|
Carlow |
- |
537 |
213 |
221 |
182 |
10 |
1,163 |
|
Cavan |
415 |
364 |
323 |
267 |
165 |
11 |
1,545 |
|
Clare |
110 |
349 |
1,353 |
345 |
216 |
2 |
2,375 |
|
Cork |
3,022 |
3,581 |
2,406 |
1,140 |
826 |
45 |
11,020 |
|
Donegal |
573 |
717 |
922 |
634 |
628 |
24 |
3,498 |
|
Dublin |
2,320 |
2,836 |
2,756 |
1,892 |
1,682 |
24 |
11,510 |
|
Galway |
137 |
1,191 |
2,133 |
580 |
492 |
13 |
4,546 |
|
Kerry |
808 |
762 |
587 |
575 |
287 |
- |
3,019 |
|
Kildare |
906 |
1,318 |
377 |
196 |
181 |
- |
2,978 |
|
Kilkenny |
4 |
436 |
445 |
209 |
158 |
5 |
1,257 |
|
Laois |
2 |
622 |
412 |
94 |
100 |
- |
1,230 |
|
Leitrim |
218 |
299 |
256 |
220 |
215 |
21 |
1,229 |
|
Limerick |
453 |
808 |
1,016 |
1,019 |
1,330 |
27 |
4,653 |
|
Longford |
199 |
297 |
199 |
164 |
166 |
16 |
1,041 |
|
Louth |
1,627 |
1,167 |
360 |
157 |
151 |
- |
3,462 |
|
Mayo |
384 |
928 |
1,251 |
983 |
684 |
12 |
4,242 |
|
Meath |
851 |
954 |
310 |
241 |
146 |
- |
2,502 |
|
Monaghan |
373 |
318 |
248 |
286 |
178 |
5 |
1,408 |
|
Offaly |
11 |
643 |
586 |
258 |
237 |
18 |
1,753 |
|
Roscommon |
431 |
536 |
533 |
319 |
216 |
8 |
2,043 |
|
Sligo |
47 |
628 |
511 |
278 |
205 |
- |
1,669 |
|
Tipperary |
203 |
1,609 |
1,571 |
624 |
251 |
1 |
4,259 |
|
Waterford |
1,443 |
1,003 |
387 |
372 |
247 |
12 |
3,464 |
|
Westmeath |
466 |
732 |
278 |
194 |
153 |
2 |
1,825 |
|
Wexford |
595 |
730 |
713 |
705 |
498 |
25 |
3,266 |
|
Wicklow |
642 |
926 |
242 |
202 |
209 |
9 |
2,230 |
|
Total |
16,240 |
24,291 |
20,388 |
12,175 |
9,803 |
290 |
83,187 |
145. Deputy Heather Humphreys asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he has taken to set up a working group comprising officials from An Post, the Irish Postmasters' Union and Department officials to examine the future of the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12751/14]
View answerI refer to the reply to Priority Question No. 1 of 11 March. I have agreed to meet with the Irish Postmasters’ Union shortly to discuss the post office network. I have no plans to set up a working group in the manner proposed in the question.
146. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of mortgages between shared ownership and affordable loans, on the books of Kildare County Council, that are in arrears. [12559/14]
View answerMy Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics to inform policy and these are available on www.environ.ie. Kildare County Council reported 362 loans in arrears over 90 days in Q3 2013. While my Department collates and publishes statistics on loan arrears in local authorities these are not broken down by loan type. The information requested is thus not available in my Department.
147. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the allocation made to Donegal County Council for reparations of the recent storm damage; if he will provide a list of the amount allocated in respect of each project and the works to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12738/14]
View answerFollowing consideration of a report from me on the severe weather that affected Ireland in the period from mid-December 2013 to 6 January 2014, the Government decided on 11 February that a sum of up to €70 million will be made available for a programme of repair and remediation works. €62 m of this will be for local authorities in the areas worst affected by severe weather to help affected communities by restoring roads, coastal protection and other infrastructure and amenities/ facilities/ infrastructure, including piers and harbours. The Government decision was based on estimates provided by local authorities, including those received from Donegal County Council.
Requests for funding of new works to protect coastal areas have been referred to the Office for Public Works and are not covered by the Government decision of 11 February 2014. The Report on the Severe Weather from 13 December 2013 to 6 January 2014 contains details of estimates of the cost of damage caused on a county by county basis and has been published on my Department’s website www.environ.ie.
The arrangements for the drawing down of the funds by local authorities on foot of the Government decision were finalised following discussions between local authorities, my Department, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, the Office of Public Works, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
Local authorities, including Donegal County Council, have been notified of the sums being made available to them and have been requested to prioritise works which are significant for economic activity, with particular regard to the forthcoming tourist season. It is proposed to make a sum of up to €1,380,000 available to Donegal County Council for a programme of repair works to roads, piers and harbours, coastal protection repairs, tourism infrastructure and other facilities which are classified as necessary community infrastructure. The sum of €1,380,000 for Donegal is based on Donegal County Council’s estimates of repair costs provided to my Department and is allocated across a number of headings, as shown in the table.
|
Local Authority |
Roads Infrastructure |
Piers and Harbours |
Coastal Protection Repairs |
Tourism Infrastructure |
Other Facilities |
Total |
|
Donegal County Council |
110,000 |
258,000 |
662,000 |
142,500 |
207,500 |
1,380,000 |
Each Local authority has been requested to prepare and submit a programme of works for the projects identified showing the indicative timescales and drawdown profiles. These will be submitted directly to the relevant funding Departments/ Agencies. Local authorities have been informed that there will be a degree of flexibility available for prioritising projects to include works necessary as a result of more recent storms within the sub-headings of the overall funding envelope, pending preparation of more comprehensive assessment of the impacts of these recent storms. The flexibility in prioritising projects indicated above is permissible within individual programmes (e.g. roads) and not across the various programmes.
In addition to the above funding arrangement, a once-off allocation of €150,000 is being made to Donegal County Council to recoup the costs associated with the response to the storms from the period 13 Dec 2013 to 27 Jan 2014. This includes the costs of response, clean-up works and necessary immediate works which were undertaken in the aftermath of the storms. This allocation will be drawn down from my Department on provision of appropriate documentation. Further considerable damage has been caused by flooding and storm events that have occurred since 27 January. Details on damage caused and estimated repair costs in relation to these more recent events will be assessed when they are available.
148. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Electric Ireland cut off, or threatened to cut off, the power to the public lighting system in three estates in County Kildare where moneys were outstanding for services provided; his views on this approach; if he considers it acceptable that such a public service would be discontinued; if he or his Department officials have engaged with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to consider the way these matters should be dealt with at national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12482/14]
View answerThe maintenance of public lighting systems and specifically the payment of electricity bills arising in housing developments, either finished or unfinished, remain the legal responsibility of developers/receivers until taken in charge by the relevant local authority. This is an on-going concern for residents, local authorities and my Department. Until taken in charge, housing developments are the responsibility of the relevant developer and in some cases receivers acting on the instructions of funders acting in possession.
My Department does not hold specific information in relation to the list of developments where there may be difficulties with public lighting, this being a matter for the local authorities concerned and subject to constant change as the planning enforcement, taking in charge and unfinished housing development processes are implemented by local authorities. However, my Department intends to issue a circular letter to local authorities outlining a uniform approach to be taken by authorities with regard to public lighting in unfinished housing developments.
I am chairing the National Co-ordination Committee on UHDs to oversee implementation of the Report of the Advisory Group on Unfinished Housing Developments, together with the Government’s response to the recommendations. My Department launched the Public Safety Initiative (PSI) in March 2011, which provided funding to address immediate public safety issues. The types of works that have been approved to date under the PSI include the fencing off of unsecured and hazardous areas, capping of pipes, installation of street lighting and other works to secure sites. Under the PSI, my Department has made allocations totalling €4.5m to local authorities from the funding made available. To date, €3.26m has been drawn down.
The Public Safety Initiative provides funding only in instances where a developer has abandoned the development. However, in circumstances where the developer is merely inactive the responsibility for the maintenance and resolution of issues surrounding the development are matters which need to be addressed between the developer and the relevant stakeholders, and my Department has no remit in this regard.
Also, Budget 2014 contains a special provision, in the form of a targeted €10m Special Resolution Fund (SRF), to assist further in addressing the legacy of unfinished housing developments. The SRF has been proposed to encourage the resolution of the remaining tranche of unfinished developments identified in the National Housing Development Survey 2013 and, particularly, those developments not likely to be resolved in the normal way through solely developer/owner/funder action because of the presence of specific financial barriers. It is envisaged that the SRF should be particularly targeted to address the remaining unfinished developments with residents living in them and, in particular, any developments that local authorities identified, for the purposes of the Local Property Tax waiver, as in a seriously problematic condition.
My Department is currently evaluating SRF proposals from local authorities. I hope that the SRF will enable very substantial progress to be made in resolving as many of the remaining unfinished developments as possible.
Regular meetings are held between my Department and local authorities under the auspices of the National Co-ordination Committee on Unfinished Housing Developments. However, the management of issues relating to unfinished housing developments remains a matter for the individual local authority involved. Each local authority has appointed an Unfinished Housing Development Co-ordinator; contact details can be found on the Housing Agency’s website – www.housing.ie.
149. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations regarding appropriate times for refuse collection by private bin companies in residential areas. [12496/14]
View answerWaste collection is subject to compliance with applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, primarily the Waste Management Acts 1996 - 2013 and conditions attached to each waste collector’s collection permit issued under the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007. Waste collection in individual local authority areas may also be subject to local bye-laws, including bye-laws specifying times during which waste is to be made available for collection.
As part of implementation of the Government’s waste policy, A Resource Opportunity, I published a discussion paper on 28 November 2013 to facilitate a public consultation process on options for revising the existing regulatory regime which applies to waste collection. That paper included a discussion on whether waste collection should take place between specified times and whether such times should be decided at a local, regional or national level. Submissions received as part of the consultation process are currently being reviewed by my Department with a view to introducing legislation later this year to reform the regulation of household waste collection.
150. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water complied fully with procurement law when appointing consultants and service providers; if any restrictive conditions such as minimum turnover levels were placed on applicants for tendering; the number of firms that tendered for the individual packages; the steps taken to ensure that a significant number of firms were able to bid; the number of water meter installation main contractors that are Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12546/14]
View answerThe Water Services Act 2013 provided for the establishment of Irish Water as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group and assigned the necessary powers to allow Irish Water to undertake the metering programme and prepare for the transfer of water services functions from local authorities. These functions were transferred to Irish Water on 1 January 2014 in accordance with the provisions of the e Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013.
During the course of 2012 and 2013, Bord Gáis engaged in a number of procurement processes associated with the metering programme and the establishment of Irish Water and these contracts are now novated to Irish Water. Irish Water has informed my Department that its tendering process is fully compliant with public procurement rules. In accordance with EU procurement rules, for goods and services contracts valued at over €400k and construction contracts valued at over €5m, Irish Water tenders at EU level. Any contracts are advertised in the EU Official Journal (which is a Europe-wide publication) and on the Irish e-tenders website. This tender process involves a two stage process , a pre-qualification stage and an invitation to tender stage. The pre-qualification stage include s selection criteria which are determined by the nature and value of the tender and are clearly stated in any documentation. Candidates are short-listed on the basis of their pre-qualification submissions and are then invited to proceed to the tender stage. Often , at this stage, the tender can be divided into lots. Contracts are awarded to the most economically advantageous tenders. Various sub-criteria are included in the evaluation and again this is clearly stated in the tender documents.
As part of the preparation by Irish Water to take over public water services from the l local a authorities, a large number of public procurement tenders were undertaken for suppliers of goods and services, ranging from specialist services such as CCTV and Jetting to Repair and Maintenance. Irish Water has confirmed to my Department that the tendering methodology for these framework a agreements was not designed to exclude smaller Irish companies. The framework contracts did include l local a authority area panels to allow as many smaller contractors as possible to be included and ensure competition. The tender process was conducted in an open and transparent manner and a robust and competitive tender process was conducted. Irish Water engaged in discussions with tenderers and l local a authority personnel as part of the tender process to support them, where appropriate, to meet the qualifying criteria.
For the domestic metering programme, given the value of the contract, this tender was advertised at EU level, in accordance with EU procurement rules. The successful Regional Contractors under the tender all have operations based in Ireland. These contractors received, as part of their contract, details of a panel of subcontractors that was formed by my Department. The contractors may employ subcontractors from that panel, but are not obliged to do so. This panel was established using a Qualification System (www.etenders.gov.ie System Id 70016).
While I have a role in consenting to capital commitments, my Department is not involved in the award of contracts, and given the volume of tenders undertaken by Irish Water in recent months, involving thousands of firms, the Department does not have details of all of the number of firms participating. Irish Water has put in place arrangements, which have been communicated to Deputies, in relation to queries on operational matters for Irish Water. If the Deputy requires more information, or information on specific tenders, Irish Water can provide this directly through these arrangements.
151. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when details of the new tenant purchase scheme will be made available as local authority tenants are currently deprived of the opportunity to purchase their homes; when the new scheme will be open to tenants who wish to make an application; if he will introduce a new tenant purchase scheme as at present no such scheme exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12550/14]
View answerThe Government, on 17 December 2013, approved priority drafting of a Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill that will, among other things, underpin a new tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines. I expect that the Bill will be enacted this year, following which I will prescribe in regulations the commencement date and the detailed terms of the scheme.
152. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the outcome of his discussions with community alert organisations; and if he will put in place a process that the current pendant alert system can work without the use of a land line. [12566/14]
View answerThe Seniors Alert Scheme aims to encourage community support for vulnerable older people in our communities by providing grant assistance towards the purchase and installation of personal monitored alarms to enable older persons, of limited means, to continue to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. The Scheme is administered by local community and voluntary groups with the support of my Department.
My Department only approved applications for personal monitored alarms connected to a landline up to October 2013. Personal monitored alarms are now available using mobile technology and these alternative systems may also be funded at a similar rate when the sponsoring Community Group is satisfied that it meets the requirements of the beneficiary. It will be a matter for the sponsoring community group to satisfy itself that a system using mobile technology provides reliable coverage in its area. Mobile type devices currently on offer do not provide full mobile phone functionality and therefore are not a replacement for a telephone.
153. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total money collected from each local authority area from the household charge in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12570/14]
View answerThe Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provided the legislative basis for the Household Charge. The Local Government Management Agency administered the Household Charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils in 2012. The following table, based on data provided by the Agency, details the amounts collected in respect of the Household Charge by local authority area, as of 31 December 2012.
|
Local Authority |
Amount |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council |
€6,346,800 |
|
Galway City Council |
€2,099,300 |
|
Mayo County Council |
€3,846,200 |
|
Kerry County Council |
€4,363,300 |
|
North Tipperary County Council |
€1,777,800 |
|
Clare County Council |
€3,318,600 |
|
Dublin City Council |
€13,878,600 |
|
Sligo County Council |
€1,807,400 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
€908,800 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
€3,190,900 |
|
Longford County Council |
€849,500 |
|
Limerick City Council |
€1,408,600 |
|
Fingal County Council |
€6,087,400 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
€1,624,700 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
€1,375,300 |
|
Limerick County Council |
€3,155,600 |
|
South Tipperary County Council |
€2,074,300 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
€2,033,500 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
€2,145,400 |
|
Waterford City Council |
€1,062,500 |
|
Kildare County Council |
€4,492,600 |
|
Cork City Council |
€2,831,400 |
|
Cavan County Council |
€1,638,000 |
|
Carlow County Council |
€1,214,400 |
|
Waterford County Council |
€1,654,400 |
|
Galway County Council |
€4,135,400 |
|
Cork County Council |
€9,325,500 |
|
Wexford County Council |
€3,601,200 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
€5,291,100 |
|
Meath County Council |
€3,831,700 |
|
Laois County Council |
€1,638,700 |
|
Louth County Council |
€2,480,700 |
|
Offaly County Council |
€1,536,900 |
|
Donegal County Council |
€3,683,800 |
|
Total: |
€110,710,300 |
Questions relating to the Local Property Tax are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Finance.
154. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been allocated to each local authority from the local government fund in 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12571/14]
View answerI assume that the Question refers to general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. General purpose grants are a contribution , from my Department, towards meeting the cost to local authorities of providing a reasonable level of services to their customers. The following table details the general purpose grant allocations from the Local Government Fund to all local authorities for 2012 and 2013.
|
Local Authority Name |
2012 |
2013 |
|
€ |
€ |
|
|
Carlow County Council |
8,532,829 |
8,560,762 |
|
Cavan County Council |
14,200,854 |
14,123,740 |
|
Clare County Council |
10,176,044 |
10,072,651 |
|
Cork County Council |
33,495,626 |
32,048,612 |
|
Donegal County Council |
30,945,838 |
30,840,363 |
|
Fingal County Council |
20,455,071 |
19,619,590 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council |
25,780,316 |
24,772,291 |
|
Galway County Council |
28,105,841 |
27,400,744 |
|
Kerry County Council |
19,005,401 |
18,374,432 |
|
Kildare County Council |
20,127,482 |
20,634,229 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
15,113,016 |
15,105,892 |
|
Laois County Council |
13,189,788 |
13,070,064 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
11,809,261 |
11,952,743 |
|
Limerick County Council |
17,683,768 |
17,668,930 |
|
Longford County Council |
11,252,795 |
11,488,728 |
|
Louth County Council |
9,130,490 |
9,044,372 |
|
Mayo County Council |
27,800,750 |
27,650,043 |
|
Meath County Council |
21,684,996 |
21,251,612 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
11,902,168 |
11,968,784 |
|
Tipperary North County Council |
14,267,841 |
14,504,742 |
|
Offaly County Council |
12,164,815 |
12,095,491 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
15,967,965 |
15,828,208 |
|
Sligo County Council |
13,553,783 |
13,584,307 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
16,963,904 |
16,285,348 |
|
Tipperary South County Council |
17,472,862 |
17,302,006 |
|
Waterford County Council |
17,888,261 |
18,176,169 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
16,016,846 |
16,055,537 |
|
Wexford County Council |
16,229,752 |
15,912,433 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
14,625,057 |
14,357,641 |
|
Cork City Council |
17,265,785 |
16,612,544 |
|
Dublin City Council |
54,805,761 |
52,613,531 |
|
Galway City Council |
5,990,156 |
5,750,549 |
|
Limerick City Council |
7,968,166 |
8,264,861 |
|
Waterford City Council |
5,223,860 |
5,415,345 |
|
Clonmel Borough Council |
2,353,114 |
2,235,458 |
|
Drogheda Borough Council |
3,208,084 |
3,047,680 |
|
Kilkenny Borough Council |
1,266,584 |
1,203,255 |
|
Sligo Borough Council |
2,105,833 |
2,000,541 |
|
Wexford Borough Council |
1,773,200 |
1,684,540 |
|
Arklow Town Council |
1,264,178 |
1,200,969 |
|
Athlone Town Council |
1,296,281 |
1,231,467 |
|
Athy Town Council |
571,629 |
543,047 |
|
Ballina Town Council |
1,273,025 |
1,209,373 |
|
Ballinasloe Town Council |
679,194 |
645,234 |
|
Birr Town Council |
621,693 |
590,609 |
|
Bray Town Council |
3,303,940 |
3,138,743 |
|
Buncrana Town Council |
701,776 |
666,687 |
|
Bundoran Town Council |
425,621 |
404,340 |
|
Carlow Town Council |
1,332,619 |
1,265,988 |
|
Carrickmacross Town Council |
466,229 |
442,918 |
|
Carrick-on-Suir Town Council |
905,503 |
860,228 |
|
Cashel Town Council |
516,446 |
490,624 |
|
Castlebar Town Council |
730,023 |
693,522 |
|
Castleblayney Town Council |
361,631 |
343,549 |
|
Cavan Town Council |
654,077 |
621,373 |
|
Clonakilty Town Council |
474,381 |
450,662 |
|
Clones Town Council |
464,307 |
441,092 |
|
Cobh Town Council |
952,382 |
904,763 |
|
Dundalk Town Council |
3,589,814 |
3,410,323 |
|
Dungarvan Town Council |
708,731 |
673,294 |
|
Ennis Town Council |
1,710,714 |
1,625,178 |
|
Enniscorthy Town Council |
924,817 |
878,576 |
|
Fermoy Town Council |
660,894 |
627,850 |
|
Kells Town Council |
361,427 |
343,356 |
|
Killarney Town Council |
1,317,649 |
1,251,767 |
|
Kilrush Town Council |
485,747 |
461,460 |
|
Kinsale Town Council |
313,856 |
298,163 |
|
Letterkenny Town Council |
796,266 |
756,453 |
|
Listowel Town Council |
562,011 |
533,911 |
|
Longford Town Council |
873,855 |
830,162 |
|
Macroom Town Council |
478,423 |
454,502 |
|
Mallow Town Council |
866,327 |
823,011 |
|
Midleton Town Council |
443,015 |
420,864 |
|
Monaghan Town Council |
828,489 |
787,065 |
|
Naas Town Council |
1,123,654 |
1,067,472 |
|
Navan Town Council |
392,283 |
472,669 |
|
Nenagh Town Council |
847,980 |
805,581 |
|
New Ross Town Council |
780,583 |
741,554 |
|
Skibbereen Town Council |
337,047 |
320,195 |
|
Templemore Town Council |
505,123 |
479,867 |
|
Thurles Town Council |
729,707 |
693,222 |
|
Tipperary Town Council |
630,993 |
599,444 |
|
Tralee Town Council |
2,188,225 |
2,078,813 |
|
Trim Town Council |
426,006 |
404,706 |
|
Tullamore Town Council |
924,856 |
878,613 |
|
Westport Town Council |
611,929 |
581,332 |
|
Wicklow Town Council |
1,202,037 |
1,141,936 |
|
Youghal Town Council |
878,642 |
834,709 |
The amount to be paid to local authorities from the Local Government Fund for general purpose grants in 2014 is €281 million; this figure recognises the removal of water related costs from local authorities to Irish Water in 2014 and the individual authority allocations are, therefore, not directly comparable to 2012 and 2013. The following table details the proposed general purpose grant allocations from the Local Government Fund to local authorities in 2014 (the allocations to County Councils are “county at large” allocations in respect of the County Council and any Town Councils within the county).
|
Local Authority Name |
2014 |
|
€ |
|
|
Carlow County Council |
5,352,469 |
|
Cavan County Council |
8,458,415 |
|
Clare County Council |
2,646,284 |
|
Cork County Council |
2,951,435 |
|
Donegal County Council |
22,720,760 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council |
5,724,579 |
|
Fingal County Council |
454,714 |
|
Galway County Council |
12,506,381 |
|
Kerry County Council |
11,043,837 |
|
Kildare County Council |
9,686,924 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
9,356,019 |
|
Laois County Council |
7,631,324 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
8,282,319 |
|
Limerick County Council |
6,175,333 |
|
Longford County Council |
8,119,493 |
|
Louth County Council |
8,243,835 |
|
Mayo County Council |
17,492,594 |
|
Meath County Council |
8,799,199 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
10,247,882 |
|
North Tipperary County Council |
9,832,046 |
|
Offaly County Council |
6,663,642 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
9,107,439 |
|
Sligo County Council |
8,993,352 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
923,906 |
|
South Tipperary County Council |
12,923,064 |
|
Waterford County Council |
12,125,219 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
10,115,479 |
|
Wexford County Council |
11,888,576 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
6,846,310 |
|
Cork City Council |
8,544,374 |
|
Dublin City Council |
2,667,330 |
|
Galway City Council |
1,626,429 |
|
Limerick City Council |
8,449,826 |
|
Waterford City Council |
4,399,212 |
