Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 February 2015
629. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the figures for the amount of local property tax which is to be assigned to roads by each local authority. [5819/15]
View answerArising from the introduction of the Local Property Tax and the Government commitment that local authorities will retain 80% of the tax revenues from 2015, the Department for Environment, Community and Local Government issued a Circular to five Councils in October 2014. The Circular informed the Councils that in view of the fact that they would be in a surplus position as a result of local retention of the Local Property Tax they would be required to self-fund some services, including roads.
The Councils and the amount of roads self-funding required is as follows:
|
Local authority |
Roads self-funding required |
|
Cork County Council |
€5,616,315 |
|
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown |
€3,497,531 |
|
Dublin City Council |
€5,780,600 |
|
Fingal County Council |
€3,914,446 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
€2,886,859 |
It is a matter for these Councils to decide on additional spending on roads from their own resources, including Local Property Tax receipts.
As regards the other Councils which will continue to receive Exchequer road grants, my Department has emphasised in the grant allocation Circular issued on 3rd February that the commitment of local authorities to contribute significantly from their own resources towards the cost of improving and maintaining the regional and local roads network is essential and that full consideration needs to be given to utilising the Local Property Tax to boost own resources expenditure on regional and local road maintenance and renewal.
