Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 December 2015
165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the Central Government funding provided to local authorities for each year between 2000 and 2015, in tabular form. [43079/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraCentral Government funding to local authorities involves transfers coming from a wide range of Departments and Offices, not solely from my Department, for a variety of purposes.
Some streams of funding are delivered directly from funding departments to local authorities, while others are routed through departmental agencies. The Comptroller and Auditor General reports on the Central Government funding of local authorities as part of his Annual Report which provides an overview of the funds flowing from and through central government sources to local authorities and the purposes for which funds have been provided. The most recent such report, published earlier this year, setting out details from 2007 to 2014, is available at http://www.audgen.gov.ie/documents/annualreports/2014/report/en/10%20central%20government%20funding%20of%20local%20authorities.pdf. Pre 2007 data is not readily available.
My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, including protecting the environment, providing necessary housing supports and fostering community and rural development in partnership with local government and other local development bodies. In order to deliver on this broad business agenda, my Department allocates significant resources to a wide range of organisations, including local authorities. An updated summary of the funding provided by my Department directly to local authorities to date in 2015, will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. If the Deputy wishes to put down a more specific question concerning funding for a specific purpose from my Department, I will endeavour to provide the information sought.
