The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs, the provision of a premises and the making of such other provisions as it considers necessary or desirable, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1981.
My Department supports fire authorities through the setting of general policy and guidance, and the provision of capital funding, including the recoupment (within the overall funding available) of costs incurred by fire authorities in relation to the approved purchase of fire appliances and emergency equipment as well as construction and upgrading of fire stations. Continued investment in the fire appliance fleet has been identified as a key national priority for the available capital funds.
The following table details funding allocated to each Local Authority by year from 2009 to date:
Fire Authority
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013 to date
|
Cumulative
|
Athlone Town Council
|
€0
|
€0
|
€0
|
€0
|
€0
|
€0
|
Carlow County Council
|
€205,509
|
€89,421
|
€271,863
|
€345,252
|
€49,774
|
€961,819
|
Cavan County Council
|
€589,072
|
€751,785
|
€315,689
|
€95,883
|
€0
|
€1,752,429
|
Clare County Council
|
€2,012,619
|
€692,365
|
€852,194
|
€0
|
€16,504
|
€3,573,682
|
Cork City Council
|
€459,071
|
€196,412
|
€313,335
|
€0
|
€0
|
€968,818
|
Cork County Council
|
€1,150,287
|
€1,355,710
|
€349,899
|
€627,597
|
€555,091
|
€4,038,584
|
Donegal County Council
|
€425,457
|
€1,185,592
|
€219,304
|
€219,998
|
€0
|
€2,050,351
|
Drogheda Corporation
|
€103,500
|
€634,357
|
€69,797
|
€0
|
€21,284
|
€828,938
|
Dublin City Council
|
€3,580,888
|
€1,096,167
|
€389,697
|
€512,807
|
€106,552
|
€5,686,111
|
Dundalk Town Council
|
€130,000
|
€0
|
€204,448
|
€18,500
|
€0
|
€352,948
|
Dunlaoghaire/Rathdown County Council
|
€0
|
€0
|
€0
|
€40,000
|
€0
|
€40,000
|
Fingal County Council
|
€0
|
€0
|
€0
|
€40,000
|
€0
|
€40,000
|
Galway County Council*
|
€946,710
|
€680,207
|
€935,795
|
€878,221
|
€0
|
€3,440,933
|
Kerry County Council
|
€179,301
|
€308,344
|
€358,414
|
€76,255
|
€0
|
€922,314
|
Kildare County Council
|
€0
|
€1,796,426
|
€0
|
€633,067
|
€0
|
€2,429,493
|
Kilkenny County Council
|
€880,323
|
€838,854
|
€654,923
|
€55,406
|
€0
|
€2,429,506
|
Laois County Council
|
€948,577
|
€366,522
|
€192,356
|
€5,380
|
€0
|
€1,512,835
|
Leitrim County Council
|
€462,323
|
€522,653
|
€69,868
|
€71,156
|
€0
|
€1,126,000
|
Limerick City Council
|
€94,921
|
€125,317
|
€567,690
|
€284,979
|
€0
|
€1,072,907
|
Limerick County Council
|
€227,468
|
€1,747,827
|
€224,854
|
€160,609
|
€0
|
€2,360,758
|
Longford County Council
|
€414,713
|
€833,971
|
€407,400
|
€119,032
|
€0
|
€1,775,116
|
Louth County Council
|
€0
|
€161,402
|
€48,414
|
€16,781
|
€98,383
|
€324,980
|
Mayo County Council
|
€150,695
|
€538,847
|
€403,237
|
€87,201
|
€24,905
|
€1,204,885
|
Meath County Council
|
€264,392
|
€754,644
|
€179,712
|
€171,282
|
€0
|
€1,370,030
|
Monaghan County Council
|
€624,604
|
€955,678
|
€2,135,098
|
€240,626
|
€0
|
€3,956,006
|
Offaly County Council
|
€412,649
|
€165,383
|
€136,591
|
€43,072
|
€0
|
€757,695
|
Roscommon County Council
|
€523,457
|
€295,088
|
€455,012
|
€156,925
|
€0
|
€1,430,482
|
Sligo County Council
|
€408,913
|
€609,773
|
€1,052,349
|
€84,961
|
€0
|
€2,155,996
|
Tipp. North County Council
|
€1,105,672
|
€170,800
|
€306,941
|
€4,360
|
€5,000
|
€1,592,773
|
Tipp. South County Council
|
€832,854
|
€85,100
|
€409,506
|
€33,165
|
€0
|
€1,360,625
|
Waterford City Council
|
€86,608
|
€401,855
|
€0
|
€22,656
|
€0
|
€511,119
|
Waterford County Council
|
€1,122,601
|
€497,143
|
€93,482
|
€70,058
|
€0
|
€1,783,284
|
Westmeath County Council
|
€667,011
|
€198,946
|
€18,755
|
€23,063
|
€0
|
€907,775
|
Wexford County Council
|
€484,515
|
€334,701
|
€440,271
|
€91,376
|
€0
|
€1,350,863
|
Wicklow County Council
|
€1,005,290
|
€308,710
|
€173,106
|
€560,142
|
€130,728
|
€2,177,976
|
Total
|
€20,500,000
|
€18,700,000
|
€12,250,000
|
€5,789,810
|
€1,008,221
|
€58,248,031
|
*Includes Galway City.