Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 September 2019
536. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the allocation to each local authority in each of the years from 2008 to 2018 and to date in 2019 by the LGF, different grants and LPT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38766/19]
View answer553. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority in each of the years 2011 to 2019, in tabular form. [38594/19]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 536 and 553 together.
Local authorities derive their income from a variety of sources including commercial rates, charges for goods and services and funding from Central Government. Central Government funding of local authorities includes transfers, both current and capital, from a range of Departments and Offices for a variety of purposes. Some streams of funding are delivered directly from funding departments to local authorities, while others are routed through departmental agencies.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) publishes a report on the central government funding of local government. The most recent report refers to 2017 and is available at the following link:
https://www.audit.gov.ie/en/Find-Report/Publications/2018/2017-Annual-Report-Chapter-04-Central-government-funding-of-local-authorities1.pdf
The table attached details funding to local authorities from my Department as it was configured in each year from 2011 to 31 August 2019. The figures include funding from the Departmental Vote (as it was configured in that year), the Local Government Fund and the Environment Fund (until October 2016), when responsibility for the Environment Fund transferred to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment.
Details of local property tax payments to local authorities which are included in the Local Government Fund are available on my Department's website at the following link;
https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/chargestaxes/local-property-tax/local-property-tax
