I assume that the Question refers to general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. General purpose grants were a contribution from my Department towards meeting the cost to local authorities of providing a reasonable level of services to their customers.
The amount paid to local authorities from the Local Government Fund for general purpose grants in 2014 recognised the removal of water related costs from local authorities to Irish Water in that year and are therefore not comparable to previous years.
The following table sets out the details of the payments. These are “county at large” payments in respect of the County Council and any Town Councils within the county.
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South Tipperary County Council
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North Tipperary County Council
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Total
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2011
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23,583,556.76
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17,514,750.11
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41,098,306.87
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2012
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21,409,521.50
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16,006,039.66
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37,415,561.16
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2013
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21,487,760.00
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16,483,412.00
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37,971,172.00
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2014
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12,923,064.00
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9,832,046.00
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22,755,110.00
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