Written answers

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Local Authority Funding

11:00 am

Photo of Frank FeighanFrank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the local authority budget for County Leitrim and County Roscommon will remain at the same level for 2011 as in 2010. [46406/10]

Photo of John GormleyJohn Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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2057Under the terms of the Local Government Act 2001, it is in the first instance a matter for each local authority to prepare and adopt a balanced annual budget for the coming year.

Local authorities are required to adopt budgets which are sufficient to meet the expenditure arising in the year in accordance with the terms of section 10A of the City and County Management Act 1955, as inserted in that Act by section 113 of the Local Government Act 2001. I will be announcing the 2011 General Purpose Grant allocations, which are my Department's contribution to the costs to local authorities of providing their day-to-day services, in the coming days. These grants are allocated having regard to a range of factors including the overall funding available for the grants, the cost to each local authority of providing its services, the income available to each local authority from local sources and specific grants, and the need to ensure that each local authority receives a baseline allocation that will provide financial stability.

The National Recovery Plan 2011 – 2014, recently published by Government, sets out intended initiatives, in the context of the State's overall financial position, to put the funding of locally delivered services on a sound financial footing, improve accountability and better align the cost of providing services with the demand for such services.

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