Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2015
757. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount provided by his Department to Cork City Council and to Cork County Council over each of the past four years by scheme and by grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30085/15]
View answerMy Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, including protecting the environment, providing necessary housing supports and fostering community and rural development in partnership with local government and other local development bodies. In order to deliver on this broad business agenda, my Department allocates significant resources to a wide range of organisations, including local authorities, dedicated agencies and non-statutory bodies, as well as to individuals. In this regard, some €4.842 billion in voted expenditure has been expended by my Department in the period from 2011 to 2014; and a further €1.329 billion has been provided in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2015, published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, to support the Department’s programmes this year. In relation to the two local authorities in question, the Department has expended €341m in total from voted expenditure to support a range of programmes in the period 2011 to 2014. This has been supplemented by payments of some €177m in total from the Local Government Fund to the two local authorities, largely made up of General Purpose Grants.
The extraction of a detailed breakdown of this expenditure across the two authorities over the four year period on a scheme/grant basis is not readily available in my Department and the compilation of same would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. Annual Financial Statements, which provide specific detail in relation to income and expenditure, are available at: www.corkcity.ie/services/finance/financialaccounting/ for Cork City Council; and at www.corkcoco.ie/co/web/Cork%20County%20Council/Departments/Finance/Publications for Cork County Council.
