Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 May 2022
240. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual budget allocated by his Department to each local authority in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [26546/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe funding system that applies to local authorities in Ireland is a complex one, as authorities derive their income from a variety of sources including commercial rates, charges for goods and services and funding from Central Government including my Department, but also other from government Departments and state agencies.
My Department has a significant business agenda, covering a broad range of functions, including local authority housing, voluntary housing, homeless services, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes and fire services. In order to achieve its business objectives, my Department allocates significant resources to an extensive range of organisations, including local authorities, dedicated agencies, and other bodies. Some allocations, depending on the programmes concerned, are made on a national or other non-county basis in the form of grant funding.
Funding is provided primarily on the basis of vouched expenditure, as opposed to specific up front annual allocations. Across all schemes and funding sources, my Department provided €3.99bn, €4.07bn and €0.95bn to local authorities in the period from 2020 to the end of April 2022. The breakdown of total funding provided by my Department is in the associated table.
