asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state in respect of each of the years 1943-44, 1944-45, and 1945-46, the amount of (a) the bank overdrafts, and (b) the total indebtedness of each county council as at March 31st in each year.
Written Answer. - County Council Overdrafts.
(a) No county council had an overdraft on its ordinary revenue account on 31st March, 1944, 31st March, 1945, or 31st March, 1946. Particulars of county councils' overdrafts on turf production account on 31st March, 1944, and 31st March, 1945, are as follows:—
Amount of Bank Overdraft on Turf Production Account at the |
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31/3/1944 |
31/3/1945 |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
Carlow |
4,328 |
2 |
4 |
7,570 |
11 |
0 |
Cavan |
7,078 |
0 |
0 |
5,948 |
0 |
0 |
Clare |
39,396 |
0 |
0 |
40,269 |
0 |
0 |
Cork |
32,434 |
0 |
0 |
18,942 |
0 |
0 |
Donegal |
84,233 |
17 |
1 |
47,880 |
0 |
9 |
Dublin |
— |
— |
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Galway |
90,659 |
0 |
0 |
46,811 |
0 |
0 |
Kerry |
79,433 |
11 |
3 |
122,402 |
0 |
7 |
Kildare |
1,185 |
18 |
6 |
1,201 |
2 |
11 |
Kilkenny |
8,062 |
0 |
0 |
2,991 |
0 |
0 |
Laoighis |
8,012 |
2 |
3 |
9,821 |
11 |
0 |
Leitrim |
20,959 |
0 |
0 |
20,027 |
0 |
0 |
Limerick |
61,341 |
13 |
11 |
29,821 |
17 |
5 |
Longford |
1,598 |
0 |
0 |
2,092 |
0 |
0 |
Louth |
— |
— |
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Mayo |
41,071 |
2 |
6 |
57,505 |
9 |
11 |
Meath |
2,230 |
19 |
1 |
Nil |
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Monaghan |
21,653 |
9 |
7 |
21,186 |
5 |
6 |
Offaly |
4,024 |
15 |
6 |
4,193 |
4 |
1 |
Roscommon |
38,053 |
3 |
10 |
59,772 |
17 |
0 |
Sligo |
29,658 |
6 |
11 |
18,277 |
4 |
2 |
Tipperary, N.R. |
20,822 |
12 |
10 |
14,360 |
3 |
2 |
Tipperary, S.R. |
25,908 |
6 |
1 |
44,371 |
9 |
8 |
Waterford |
13,173 |
0 |
11 |
1,072 |
9 |
0 |
Westmeath |
2,354 |
0 |
0 |
2,449 |
0 |
0 |
Wexford |
— |
— |
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Wicklow |
9,352 |
0 |
8 |
16,443 |
15 |
5 |
647,023 |
3 |
3 |
595,359 |
1 |
7 |
(b) The figures for the total capital indebtedness of county councils on 31st March, 1944, and 31st March, 1945, are as follows:—
Total capital indebtedness at the |
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31/3/1944 |
31/3/1945 |
|
£ |
£ |
|
Carlow |
337,540 |
331,086 |
Cavan |
282,365 |
274,060 |
Clare |
364,577 |
377,302 |
Cork |
1,391,140 |
1,351,008 |
Donegal |
467,869 |
449,296 |
Dublin |
1,116,090 |
1,092,062 |
Galway |
417,098 |
404,034 |
Kerry |
431,720 |
428,698 |
Kildare |
912,701 |
891,766 |
Kilkenny |
508,374 |
543,226 |
Laoighis |
577,055 |
562,841 |
Leitrim |
170,144 |
164,985 |
Limerick |
851,462 |
840,464 |
Longford |
198,226 |
191,965 |
Louth |
401,905 |
387,456 |
Mayo |
266,816 |
253,319 |
Meath |
670,820 |
650,400 |
Monaghan |
143,038 |
140,502 |
Offaly |
664,316 |
659,566 |
Roscommon |
331,680 |
337,050 |
Sligo |
274,266 |
266,803 |
Tipperary, N.R. |
429,211 |
420,569 |
Tipperary, S.R. |
474,863 |
461,966 |
Waterford |
408,246 |
394,662 |
Westmeath |
387,377 |
383,405 |
Wexford |
654,470 |
655,378 |
Wicklow |
787,539 |
794,884 |
TOTAL |
13,920,908 |
13,708,753 |
Particulars of county councils' overdrafts on truf production account on 31st March, 1946, and their total capital indebtedness on that date are not yet available in the Department.