asked the Minister for the Environment (1) the domestic rate support grant paid to each county council in 1985 and the estimated payment to each county council in 1986; (2) the amount of supplementary welfare allowances applicable to each county council in 1985 and the amount provided in this respect in the 1985 estimate of expenses of each county council; (3) the amount of domestic rate subsidy adjustment provided in each county council's estimate of expenses in 1985; (4) the amount of the grant in lieu of rates on land paid to each county council in 1985 and the estimated payment to each county council in 1986; (5) in respect of each county council, the percentage which the domestic rate support grant represented of net rates income in 1985; and (6) in respect of each county council, the percentage which the grant in lieu of rates on land represented of net rates income in 1985.
Written Answers. - Grants to County Councils.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tabular statement:
|
Co. Councils |
Domestic rate grant 1985 |
Estimated Dom. grant allocation 1986 |
SWA includ. in 1985 estimates |
Dom. rate adjustment 1985 |
Grant in lieu of rates on land 1985 |
Estimated grant in lieu of rates on land allocation 1986 |
Dom. grant as % of net rates income 1985 |
Grant in lieu of Rates on land as % of net rates income |
|
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
% |
% |
|
|
Carlow |
697 |
650 |
158 |
232 |
2,043 |
2,133 |
176 |
517 |
|
Cavan |
1,313 |
1,225 |
97 |
362 |
3,873 |
4,044 |
201 |
594 |
|
Clare |
2,561 |
2,386 |
443 |
984 |
4,456 |
4,653 |
123 |
214 |
|
Cork |
9,293 |
8,664 |
1,573 |
4,899 |
13,862 |
14,473 |
141 |
211 |
|
Donegal |
3,579 |
3,338 |
367 |
1,066 |
5,114 |
5,339 |
181 |
258 |
|
Dublin |
39,002 |
36,377 |
800 |
18,616 |
3,233 |
3,376 |
187 |
15 |
|
Galway |
3,674 |
3,082 |
664 |
996 |
6,893 |
7,142 |
249 |
467 |
|
Kerry |
3,160 |
2,946 |
929 |
1,935 |
4,572 |
4,774 |
206 |
298 |
|
Kildare |
2,668 |
2,488 |
400 |
1,172 |
3,240 |
3,383 |
175 |
212 |
|
Kilkenny |
1,440 |
1,341 |
434 |
365 |
4,101 |
4,282 |
139 |
397 |
|
Laois |
1,309 |
1,221 |
310 |
580 |
3,086 |
3,222 |
135 |
317 |
|
Leitrim |
691 |
644 |
70 |
229 |
2,094 |
2,187 |
262 |
793 |
|
Limerick |
2,995 |
2,793 |
295 |
1,438 |
6,463 |
6,747 |
86 |
187 |
|
Longford |
809 |
633 |
140 |
349 |
2,197 |
2,264 |
224 |
609 |
|
Louth |
1,137 |
1,061 |
240 |
376 |
2,038 |
2,128 |
190 |
341 |
|
Mayo |
3,425 |
3,195 |
537 |
1,091 |
6,289 |
6,566 |
231 |
424 |
|
Meath |
2,185 |
2,038 |
310 |
662 |
5,906 |
6,166 |
183 |
494 |
|
Monaghan |
967 |
902 |
— |
243 |
3,026 |
3,159 |
250 |
782 |
|
Offaly |
1,047 |
977 |
340 |
476 |
2,912 |
3,040 |
206 |
573 |
|
Roscommon |
1,566 |
1,461 |
70 |
540 |
4,825 |
5,037 |
212 |
655 |
|
Sligo |
926 |
863 |
170 |
316 |
2,563 |
2,676 |
253 |
700 |
|
Tipperary NR |
1,203 |
1,122 |
407 |
276 |
3,684 |
3,847 |
181 |
554 |
|
Tipperary SR |
1,193 |
1,113 |
495 |
334 |
5,188 |
5,417 |
161 |
702 |
|
Waterford |
1,658 |
1,546 |
235 |
461 |
3,626 |
3,786 |
263 |
576 |
|
Westmeath |
1,250 |
1,166 |
193 |
584 |
3,435 |
3,586 |
146 |
402 |
|
Wexford |
2,116 |
1,973 |
372 |
897 |
4,880 |
5,095 |
167 |
385 |
|
Wicklow |
2,390 |
2,203 |
300 |
620 |
3,094 |
3,244 |
289 |
374 |
1. Net rates income is taken to be the amount of rates leviable for 1985 on commercial/industrial property etc. and the figures are taken from local authorities estimates for 1985.
2. Details of the amount or supplementary welfare allowances applicable to each county council area are not available in my Department.