Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities.

9:30 am

Ms Fiona Quinn:

I think last year we changed the allocation method in that, previously, as the Deputy will recall, 80% was kept locally and 20% was put into an equalisation fund. Now 100% of the LPT collected in any local authority area is spent locally.