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Local Authority Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 January 2011

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Ceisteanna (739)

Joan Burton

Ceist:

791 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total amount of development levies on hand for each local authority at end 2010; the annual development levy income for each local authority for each year since 2006; the current position in respect of the use of the development levies by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1475/11]

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Each planning authority is required to include, in its statutory annual accounts, details of contributions received and information on how the contributions have been spent. Information on the amount of development contributions on hand for each local authority at end of year 2010 is not yet available. Information on 2009 will be available in March 2011, following a full audit by the Local Government Audit Service during the audit cycle 2010-2011.

The total amount of development contributions on hand for each Local Authority to the end of 2008 is listed in Table 1. Table 2 lists the annual development contribution income for each local authority for 2006-2008.

Under the Planning Acts, the role of the Minister is to provide the necessary statutory and policy framework within which individual development contribution schemes are adopted by each local authority. The adoption of individual development contribution schemes is a reserved function of the locally elected members of each planning authority. It is a matter for the members to determine the level of contribution and the types of development to which they will apply.

Table 1: Development Contributions — Balance 31 December 2008

County

Carlow

1,462,237

Cavan

7,234,169

Clare

7,704,039

Cork

70,579,222

Donegal

8,586,674

Fingal

191,589,470

DLRCC

130,193,047

Galway

11,920,209

Kerry

16,449,214

Kildare

34,781,944

Kilkenny

22,225,676

Laois

32,088,814

Leitrim

8,308,861

Limerick

15,934,033

Longford

9,556,952

Louth

37,295,023

Mayo

12,294,059

Meath

56,627,592

Monaghan

7,940,563

North Tipperary

11,509,396

Offaly

11,545,111

Roscommon

9,267,143

Sligo

2,075,701

South Dublin

56,378,967

South Tipperary

18,833,113

Waterford

7,190,072

Westmeath

14,548,403

Wexford

34,841,849

Wicklow

4,700,157

City

Cork

5,894,533

Dublin

76,620,243

Galway

7,589,635

Limerick

12,945,067

Waterford

4,823,434

Source Local Authority Annual Financial Statements 2008.

Commencing in 2007, all local authorities were required to change the basis of accounting for development contributions from a cash basis to accruals. A further requirement was introduced for the 2008 financial period requiring the inclusion, by each local authority, of details in the annual financial statement of all outstanding uncollected levies.

Table 2: Annual Development Contribution Income by Local Authority 2006-2008

2006

2007

2008

County Councils

Carlow

4,891,255

12,492,700

7,546,009

Cavan

3,964,316

17,763,368

3,821,397

Clare

12,012,655

11,300,296

3,344,863

Cork

57,543,549

87,170,837

34,051,269

Donegal

11,274,978

11,264,167

406,104

Fingal

72,845,385

160,568,291

63,462,981

DLRCC

52,244,453

38,357,155

92,186,768

Galway

16,481,461

17,690,469

11,535,676

Kerry

11,837,222

9,627,219

5,368,092

Kildare

45,163,325

39,966,971

17,550,933

Kilkenny

13,293,489

19,209,695

2,417,512

Laois

14,488,109

31,584,256

(168,675)

Leitrim

5,144,431

5,777,822

1,366,373

Limerick

14,095,565

28,043,960

43,064,308

Longford

13,982,298

3,560,943

816,222

Louth

15,351,595

11,426,933

(5,614,903)

Mayo

11,569,353

11,662,571

4,004,701

Meath

31,782,594

66,223,465

26,242,745

Monaghan

3,085,405

5,567,615

2,839,202

North Tipperary

4,712,438

5,743,154

1,627,422

Offaly

10,802,853

4,640,754

578,874

Roscommon

10,440,339

28,884,365

6,771,593

Sligo

5,246,192

8,913,973

2,418,138

South Dublin

42,468,864

53,339,231

27,707,900

South Tipperary

6,213,943

2,259,019

3,440,024

Waterford

5,969,582

6,843,447

1,527,804

Westmeath

15,250,389

3,675,238

7,652,692

Wexford

23,673,350

13,458,132

7,645,424

Wicklow

16,904,472

18,156,560

9,469,642

City Councils

Cork

16,709,532

20,813,611

10,136,664

Dublin

60,038,007

67,591,484

56,055,259

Galway

7,745,385

19,247,923

3,978,516

Limerick

8,672,207

9,794,781

3,196,106

Waterford

4,293,207

2,113,445

1,496,640

Source: Note 11 of Local Authority Annual Financial Statements.

Question No. 792 answered with Question No. 785.
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