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
9:00 am
Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I am not sure Mr. McCarthy is getting my question. I want to know exactly what model is used to distribute the money. I will give an example. I am from Carlow. The argument is made time and time again that Carlow is treated very unfairly. Carlow has a budget of €49 million and a population of 56,000. By comparison, Monaghan has a population of approximately 57,000 or 58,000. Carlow's contribution from the local property tax is €3.9 million and Monaghan's is €3.8 million - they are quite similar. However, Carlow gets a top-up of €2.2 million and Monaghan gets a top-up of €7.5 million. How do the officials calculate that?
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