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- 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: Is funding for that general purpose fund increasing year-on-year now?
- 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: While the witness is on the LPT-----
- 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 right to say Mr. McCarthy, I do not want to be unfair to the Accounting Officers or Government, that the general purpose fund was cut. It was replaced with funding from the LPT. Is there still a significant shortfall? Is there still a significant gap between what was there in the past and what is there now, given the replacement that took place?
- 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 thank Mr. McCarthy for that. I have one question on the local property tax and I want to put a number of questions then about what I see as the disjointed funding of local government and the convoluted methodology, the impact it has on local government and indeed the development of cities and towns. I will get to that in a few minutes. On the LPT, the equalisation process was put in...
- 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 thought it might be helpful because I want to get to the other questions-----
- 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 one more question. It might be helpful to move this issue on if Mr. McCarthy could write a note for the committee. I ask specifically when the equalisation process came in, where the funding went to and what counties benefited. I would also like a breakdown of the per capitaspend for each of those local authorities. That is where we will see whether those local authorities are...
- 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: Had the witness any correspondence from or discussions with the chief executive officer of Waterford City and County Council in respect of frustrations the Council had with the funding? Has Mr. Doyle had any interaction with the council?
- 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 it express frustration?
- 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 that if it had stuck to the very convoluted process that was in place we would not have the fantastic greenway we now have? It is only because the CEO of the local authority took a risk rather than stick to the process as outlined by the Department that the job was finished and we have the greenway.
- 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: Perhaps Mr. McCarthy will address the other point I raised.
- 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: There may be many caveats on the issue but if Mr. McCarthy produces the figures, we will sort out the caveats and make our own judgments and assumptions based on the figures with which we are presented.
- 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 fine.
- 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 makes it six-nil.
- 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 refer to the final sentence of one of the conclusions reached by the Comptroller and Auditor General on page 30 of his report. It states: "A substantial part of the fall in funding levels has occurred as a result of the transfer of responsibilities from local authorities to other agencies and the reduction in capital expenditure by local authorities." There is an awful lot in that but 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: That is great because amendments tabled by my party when the Water Services Bill was going through the Dáil were rejected. It is nice to see another lesson is being learned from the fiasco that is Irish Water. In any event, given that the Comptroller and Auditor General is the Accounting Officer for Irish Water, I must point out that there is a service level agreement with local...
- 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 understand that, and there obviously has to be negotiation with the trade unions. My point is that the objective is to reduce the workforce by 1,000. That could be done through voluntary redundancies or redeployment. The objective, we are being told, is to save €70 million in taxpayers' money by reducing the workforce. How could we save money if there were a redeployment of staff?
- 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 ask Mr. McCarthy to stop there for one second. We encountered this issue in respect of shared services also. We are being told that €70 million less will be spent on staff in Irish Water but if the staff who are to go are deployed elsewhere, there will be no saving to the taxpayer. Therefore, the wool is being pulled over people's eyes again as they are being told money is being...
- 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: Could Mr. McCarthy put it in a clearer way, if he can?
- 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: Who can give this committee a note on how exactly €70 million will be saved by the redeployment of staff from local authorities or Irish Water?
- 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: A helpful suggestion came from one of the local authority CEOs to whom I spoke. In any local authority area, there is investment in addition to funding for local government that comes from a myriad of Departments. The Department of Education and Skills, for example, will spend money as part of capital and current expenditure but local authorities are not informed automatically of what...