Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2015
769. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the amount available in the local government fund in the years 2014 and 2015; and if he will provide a breakdown of the allocation to each local authority and of each line item capital and current expenditure allocated for other purposes from the fund. [30205/15]
View answerThe estimated income and expenditure from the Local Government Fund for 2014 and 2015 (set out in the tables) is also set out in page 160 of the Revised Estimates Volume for 2015, which is available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
Table 1: Local Government Fund Income
|
€m |
2014 |
2015 |
|
Motor Tax (net) |
1,150.0 |
1,167.0 |
|
Exchequer Contribution |
0.0 |
233.1 |
|
Household Charge |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Local Property Tax |
476.0 |
440.0 |
|
Interest |
0.3 |
0.0 |
|
Total |
1,626.3 |
1,840.1 |
Table 2: Local Government Fund Expenditure
|
€m |
2014 |
2015 |
|
General Purpose Grants |
282.0 |
0.0 |
|
Local Property Tax Allocation |
0.0 |
458.9 |
|
Road and Public Transport Payments |
359.9 |
363.9 |
|
Payment to Exchequer |
520.0 |
484.0 |
|
Irish Water Subvention |
439.1 |
399.0 |
|
LA Rates payments |
0.0 |
59.0 |
|
Other Miscellaneous |
93.9 |
75.0 |
|
Total |
1,694.9 |
1,839.8 |
The Local Government Fund is audited each year by the Comptroller and Auditor General. The annual accounts of the Local Government Fund for 2014 are in the process of being audited and, when finalised, will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and will be published on my Department’s website.
As regards allocations to each Local Authority I assume that the Question refers to general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. General purpose grants were my Department’s contribution towards meeting the cost to local authorities of providing a reasonable level of services to their customers. GPGs were replaced by Local Property Tax allocations in 2015. The following tables detail the general purpose grant allocations from the Local Government Fund to all 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) and the LPT allocations for each local authority in 2015.
Table 3: General Purpose Grant Allocations 2014
|
Local Authority Name |
General Purpose Grant Allocations 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 |
9,993,352 |
|
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 |
Table 4 : Local Property Tax Allocations 2015
|
Local Authority Name |
Revised 2015 LPT allocation (post local variation) € |
|
Carlow County Council |
5,352,469 |
|
Cavan County Council |
8,458,415 |
|
Clare County Council |
6,763,902 |
|
Cork County Council |
29,282,225 |
|
Donegal County Council |
22,720,760 |
|
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
34,757,156 |
|
Fingal County Council |
25,398,588 |
|
Galway County Council |
12,506,381 |
|
Kerry County Council |
11,659,186 |
|
Kildare County Council |
16,082,282 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
9,356,019 |
|
Laois County Council |
7,631,324 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
8,282,319 |
|
Limerick City & County Council |
14,139,276 |
|
Longford County Council |
8,054,219 |
|
Louth County Council |
8,098,323 |
|
Mayo County Council |
17,171,286 |
|
Meath County Council |
14,366,384 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
10,247,882 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
23,320,110 |
|
Offaly County Council |
6,663,642 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
9,107,439 |
|
Sligo County Council |
9,993,352 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
21,224,721 |
|
Waterford City & County Council |
16,524,431 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
9,918,066 |
|
Wexford County Council |
11,888,576 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
11,448,674 |
|
Cork City Council |
8,013,089 |
|
Dublin City Council |
53,728,544 |
|
Galway City Council |
6,709,100 |
