Noel Dempsey
Ceist:161 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the method of calculation of the rate support grant for each local authority. [13003/95]
Written Answers. - Rate Support Grants.
The rate support grant replaces in part the income from rates formerly applicable to domestic dwellings, agricultural land and rates on Government property. The initial method of calculating the grant reflected that income — which varied from local authority to local authority because of differences in valuation levels and in the rate poundages determined by local authorities over the years. Adjustments in rate support grant allocations to individual authorities over the last decade arose from the elimination of certain levies and statutory demands, the writing off of loans from the local loans fund, and, in the past two years, measures to reduce debt levels and to deal with other structural problems.