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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
David Cullinane: I want to come back to the issue of the higher education sector and the work programme. I may not have been clear at the previous meeting, so I will be a bit clearer now. So many different issues with regard to the higher education sector are being juggled at this committee and there are so many elements to it that a level of coherence is needed. I do not know if it has been done. There...
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome Mr. John McCarthy, Mr. Doyle and Mr. Nolan from Transport Infrastructure Ireland to today's meeting. Mr. Nolan has been very quiet so far but we will have questions for him, no doubt. Happy International Women's Day to everyone. I will start by asking Mr. John McCarthy to outline the different funding streams for local government.
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: I have looked at it but am asking Mr. McCarthy to give me the breakdown.
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: They would be capital grants for projects-----
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: The chart is very convoluted, is it not?
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: I imagine that Mr. McCarthy would accept my analysis that it is very convoluted at the moment.
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: That is an understatement because before this meeting today, I spoke to three different CEOs of local authorities to get their view of how they manage the different funding streams. They spoke of their frustration because they find it very difficult to plan or even to understand what funding might be available to them year on year. They also find it very difficult to report back to all of...
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: I think it is safe to say that if the Comptroller and Auditor General was struggling to understand the flow of funds, then we have a real problem that needs to be addressed. Would I be right in suggesting that on page 125 of his report, the Comptroller and Auditor is referring to a collapse in funding for national roads or at least a substantial drop in funding? Would that be a fair analysis?
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: When I spoke to the three CEOs of local authorities they all said that the collapse in roads funding is very serious for the State and for the local authorities. Roads must be maintained, as everyone knows, on a regular basis. If they are not maintained and if we do not wash their faces, so to speak, they can deteriorate. It can take up to five years but normally after three or four years...
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: Where does the funding for roads come from? Who is the Accounting Officer for the funding of roads? Is it Mr. Doyle?
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: Where does it go?
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: We have the local authorities, the Secretary General of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and TII involved here. We have a lot of different bodies dealing with the issue of roads. Why did we allow ourselves to get to a position where the funding was so low that we now have a major problem with roads? We are now getting to a point where it is going to cost us more in the long...
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: Did Mr. Graham hear of the phrase "keep the recovery going"? Is that phrase familiar to him?
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: By how much?
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: I would suggest to the Cathaoirleach that it should also be one of the issues that we highlight for our periodic report. I do not think that the increase in funding will meet the backlog of work that needs to be done, not to mention the ongoing needs. Roads must be maintained on a daily, weekly and yearly basis and we obviously have a big challenge in that regard. I accept what the...
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: Was that substantially cut in recent years?
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: Would it be fair to say general purpose funding basically funds the nuts and bolts of local government operation?
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: It was cut substantially.
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: However, it was not solely because of that but it certainly was cut and has it-----
- 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 (8 Mar 2018) David Cullinane: In that year, yes.