Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 March 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes

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Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thought that by capturing all nine sources we would have captured most of the funding allocated to local authorities. Mr. McCarthy is now saying only €2.2 billion comes from the sources I mentioned, which is about one third of the funding allocated to local authorities. From where does the other two thirds come? The local authorities derive income from commercial rates, planning fees, development levies, housing rent payments, housing loans, mortgage protection schemes, parking fees, waste management recycling charges, landfill levies, contributions made locally under local improvement schemes, the community involvement scheme, the disabled person's housing aid scheme, the fire service, library services, swimming pools and recreational facilities and the residue which still comes in every year under the non-principal private residence scheme. Do all of these income streams make up the remaining €4 billion approximately?

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