Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 May 2024
96. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount contributed to the local government fund, per local authority area, in 2023; the amount received, per local authority area, from the local government fund in the same year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23301/24]
View answerThe Local Government Fund (LGF), established in 1999, is used to provide funding to local authorities, primarily through Local Property Tax (LPT) allocations. An annual contribution to the LGF is also made from the Exchequer towards LPT equalisation, increased pay & pensions costs associated with national pay agreements, miscellaneous schemes and any other exceptional allocations that may be required.
In 2023, the Government made a significant contribution of €520.2m to the LGF, to support local authorities; €90.4m of which was carried over to support stranded costs associated with water transformation, for expenditure in 2024. In 2023 €110m was allocated for LPT equalisation, €287.2m for pay and pensions, and the remainder to cover a number of miscellaneous schemes across the sector during the year. In addition, €60m was carried over from 2022, and allocated to local authorities in 2023; a once-off allocation to assist with increased costs.
LPT receipts are administered and collected by the Revenue Commissioners and subsequently transferred into the LGF. The Revenue Commissioners publish detailed information on LPT collected, broken down by local authority, on its website at the following link:
www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/property-taxes/index.aspx.
In terms of LPT receipts, €558.2m was received in cash receipts during the calendar year. The funds are ultimately redistributed to local authorities in accordance with the Government’s allocation policies. Detailed information regarding the 2023 LPT allocations, paid from the LGF to local authorities, amounting to €609.9m is published by my Department at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/02b73-local-property-tax-final-allocations-to-local-authorities-for-2023/.
These LPT allocations include equalisation funding where a local authority’s estimated LPT yield is less than its baseline level.
A breakdown of the funding, including LPT, received per local authority from the LGF in 2023 is provided in the table below.
|
Local Authority |
End Dec 2023 |
|
CARLOW COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 11,667,356.04 |
|
CAVAN COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 15,485,869.55 |
|
CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 31,923,477.81 |
|
CORK COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 58,296,486.98 |
|
CORK CITY COUNCIL |
€ 42,060,061.39 |
|
DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 38,862,507.56 |
|
D.LAOIRE/RATHDOWN COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 62,402,484.96 |
|
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL |
€ 151,820,916.27 |
|
FINGAL COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 54,217,759.04 |
|
STH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 42,428,680.23 |
|
GALWAY CITY COUNCIL |
€ 14,324,389.95 |
|
GALWAY COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 28,064,374.11 |
|
KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 28,372,286.58 |
|
KILKENNY COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 18,709,451.57 |
|
KILDARE COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 37,441,622.65 |
|
LAOIS COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 15,172,011.85 |
|
LEITRIM COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 12,832,615.01 |
|
LIMERICK CITY AND COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 38,181,959.53 |
|
LONGFORD COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 14,640,155.36 |
|
LOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 17,996,989.37 |
|
MAYO COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 32,961,161.23 |
|
MEATH COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 28,678,122.67 |
|
MONAGHAN COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 16,325,559.43 |
|
OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 15,610,170.79 |
|
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 16,308,779.18 |
|
SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 16,907,092.94 |
|
TIPPERARY COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 41,315,400.87 |
|
WATERFORD CITY AND COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 30,802,412.32 |
|
WESTMEATH COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 17,612,536.92 |
|
WEXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 26,418,447.84 |
|
WICKLOW COUNTY COUNCIL |
€ 28,381,846.66 |
|
Total |
€ 1,006,222,986.66 |
