Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 8 Jul 1993

Vol. 433 No. 7

Written Answers. - County Kildare Statistics.

Bernard J. Durkan

Ceist:

99 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment the total rateable domestic valuation for each of the years from 1976 to date in respect of County Kildare; the rate support grant or alternative in lieu thereof available to the Kildare County Council for the years in question; the total number of vehicular units registered in the county for each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. M. Smith)

The information requested in respect of rate support grant allocations to Kildare County Council and the total number of licensed mechanically propelled vehicles registered in County Kildare are set out in the following table. The information requested in respect of valuations is not available in my Department.

Table

	Rate Support Grant Allocations	Number of licensed mechanically propelled vehicles
1977	1,085,215	20,298
1978	1,685,902	22,451
1979	1,887,425	24,514
1980	2,179,633	26,555
1981	2,861,022	28,341
1982	4,217,989	26,631
1983	5,693,580	27,812
1984	5,691,219	28,275
1985	5,908,880	29,093
1986	5,407,952	29,359
1987	5,473,559	30,748
1988	3,657,500	31,104
1989	4,123,316	31,885
1990	4,126,000	32,126
1991	4,277,837	37,278
1992	4,277,837	38,468 (Est.)
1993	4,395,643	Not available

Note 1. The RSG figure for 1977 comprises the grants for 25 per cent Rates Relief on domestic valuations in addition to rates relief on agricultural land.

Note 2. The Rate Support Grant payable to local authorities generally was adjusted on a number of occasions to take account of the termination of various levies and demands, including supplementary welfare allowance, arterial drainage, ACOT, vocational education committee Pensions, the writing off of Local Loans Fund debt repayments and the introduction of direct rate payments by the ESB to local authorities.