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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Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
That is fine. As Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, I am just surprised. I know people complain about the amount of fundraising involved. I am surprised to hear that two thirds of the income of all local authorities is generated locally through rates and all the other types of income. Most of those complaints are directed at the lack of funding from the Central Fund, but in fact it is only contributing one third. Finally, most of the €1.6 million capital is from central-----
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