Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Public Accounts Committee
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities.
4:30 pm
Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
It was said that the Local Government Fund was €473 million for 2019, according to the accounts. That is down on the 2018 figure. Perhaps Mr. Doyle might provide us with an explanation on that figure because we might have expected a bounce on that.
This not necessarily question for the Department, but the local authorities must have notified the Revenue Commissioners by 30 September annually of the decision of the local authority members. That is out of sync or kilter with their own budgets and is something that needs to be addressed.
It was said that An Bord Pleanála collected €18.5 million. Was that in fees or was that an overall figure?
As to local authority fines that are issued, whether for littering, rent arrears, parking or whatever, do they go to the central Exchequer, into the Department, or do these stay with the local authorities? Can the Department come back to me with these replies, please?
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