Local Authority Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2018

Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Questions (698)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

698. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the categories of funding available to local authorities through his Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43733/18]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

My Department has a diverse business agenda including delivering, in partnership with local authorities and other bodies, on a wide range of programmes in areas such as social housing, urban renewal, water services and fire services capital investment, each of which includes a number of different funding schemes.  Information on funding provided by my Department to local authorities for such purposes in 2016,  2017 and earlier years is contained in chapter 4 of the Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2017: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities, published by the Comptroller and Auditor General in September 2018, which is available at the following link:http://www.audgen.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/annualreports/2017/Report/En/Chapter4.pdf.