Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 March 2013
165. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the subsidy from central government to local government for the period 2000-2012 and including those years. [14369/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraLocal authorities fund their current expenditure from a variety of sources including specific State grants, commercial rates, fees and charges for goods and services and general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund.
Local authority income from specific state grants and subsidies for 2000 to 201 0, the latest year for which audited information is available, is set out in the following table.
|
Year |
Subsidy |
|
2000 |
€1,185,981,356 |
|
2001 |
€1,253,545,541 |
|
2002 |
€1,459,135,263 |
|
2003 |
€1,474,552,432 |
|
2004 |
€1,643,717,471 |
|
2005 |
€1,770,410,478 |
|
2006 |
€1,984,626,177 |
|
2007 |
€2,119,788,270 |
|
2008 |
€2,192,829,063 |
|
2009 |
€2,045,355,683 |
|
2010 |
€2,071,970,850 |
