Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 March 2018
1020. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 717 of 27 February 2018, the estimated cost to the Exchequer in a full financial year of increasing the representational allowance for local councillors (details supplied). [11976/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs set out in my reply to Question No. 717 of 27 February 2018, with effect from 1 January 2018, the Representational Payment for elected members of local authorities was increased to €16,891 per annum in line with an increase to the basic amount of a Senator's salary from that same date following the implementation of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020.
The cost of any increases to the Representational Payment for local authorities would fall to be met by individual local authorities and not the Exchequer.
The approximate increased cost per annum of the Representational Payment to the 949 elected members of local authorities in line with the figures supplied is as follows:
|
Increased Representational Payment |
Approximate cost per annum of the increase |
|
€30,000 |
€12.4 million |
|
€35,000 |
€17.2 million |
|
€40,000 |
€21.9 million |
Increasing the Representational Payment from its current level of €16,891 to the figures supplied by the Deputy could only be provided for by way of new regulations made under section 142 of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended, requiring the consent of the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform.
