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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 16 Jul 1946

Vol. 102 No. 7

Written Answer. - County Council Overdrafts.

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.

(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

31/3/1944

31/3/1945

£

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

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

Mayo

41,071

2

6

57,505

9

11

Meath

2,230

19

1

Nil

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

Wicklow

9,352

0

8

16,443

15

5

647,023

3

3

595,359

1

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(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

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.

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