Written answers

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Local Authority Funding

2:30 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 791: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total amount of development levies on hand for each local authority at end 2010; the annual development levy income for each local authority for each year since 2006; the current position in respect of the use of the development levies by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1475/11]

Photo of John GormleyJohn Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Each planning authority is required to include, in its statutory annual accounts, details of contributions received and information on how the contributions have been spent. Information on the amount of development contributions on hand for each local authority at end of year 2010 is not yet available. Information on 2009 will be available in March 2011, following a full audit by the Local Government Audit Service during the audit cycle 2010-2011.

The total amount of development contributions on hand for each Local Authority to the end of year 2008 is listed in the following table 1. Table 2 lists the annual development contribution income for each local authority for 2006-2008.

Under the Planning Acts, the role of the Minister is to provide the necessary statutory and policy framework within which individual development contribution schemes are adopted by each local authority. The adoption of individual development contribution schemes is a reserved function of the locally elected members of each planning authority. It is a matter for the members to determine the level of contribution and the types of development to which they will apply.

Table 1: Development Contributions – Balance 31 December 2008

County
Carlow1,462,237
Cavan7,234,169
Clare7,704,039
Cork70,579,222
Donegal8,586,674
Fingal191,589,470
DLRCC130,193,047
Galway11,920,209
Kerry16,449,214
Kildare34,781,944
Kilkenny22,225,676
Laois32,088,814
Leitrim8,308,861
Limerick15,934,033
Longford9,556,952
Louth37,295,023
Mayo12,294,059
Meath56,627,592
Monaghan7,940,563
North Tipperary11,509,396
Offaly11,545,111
Roscommon9,267,143
Sligo2,075,701
South Dublin56,378,967
South Tipperary18,833,113
Waterford7,190,072
Westmeath14,548,403
Wexford34,841,849
Wicklow4,700,157
City
Cork5,894,533
Dublin76,620,243
Galway7,589,635
Limerick12,945,067
Waterford4,823,434

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Local Authority Annual Financial Statements 2008

Table 2: Annual Development Contribution Income by Local Authority

2006 – 2008

County Councils2006

Commencing in 2007, all local authorities were required to change the basis of accounting for development contributions from a cash basis to accruals. A further requirement was introduced for the 2008 financial period requiring the inclusion, by each local authority, of details in the annual financial statement of all outstanding uncollected levies.

20072008
Carlow4,891,25512,492,7007,546,009
Cavan3,964,31617,763,3683,821,397
Clare12,012,65511,300,2963,344,863
Cork57,543,54987,170,83734,051,269
Donegal11,274,97811,264,167406,104
Fingal72,845,385160,568,29163,462,981
DLRCC52,244,45338,357,15592,186,768
Galway16,481,46117,690,46911,535,676
Kerry11,837,2229,627,2195,368,092
Kildare45,163,32539,966,97117,550,933
Kilkenny13,293,48919,209,6952,417,512
Laois14,488,10931,584,256(168,675)
Leitrim5,144,4315,777,8221,366,373
Limerick14,095,56528,043,96043,064,308
Longford13,982,2983,560,943816,222
Louth15,351,59511,426,933(5,614,903)
Mayo11,569,35311,662,5714,004,701
Meath31,782,59466,223,46526,242,745
Monaghan3,085,4055,567,6152,839,202
North Tipperary4,712,4385,743,1541,627,422
Offaly10,802,8534,640,754578,874
Roscommon10,440,33928,884,3656,771,593
Sligo5,246,1928,913,9732,418,138
South Dublin42,468,86453,339,23127,707,900
South Tipperary6,213,9432,259,0193,440,024
Waterford5,969,5826,843,4471,527,804
Westmeath15,250,3893,675,2387,652,692
Wexford23,673,35013,458,1327,645,424
Wicklow16,904,47218,156,5609,469,642
City Councils
Cork16,709,53220,813,61110,136,664
Dublin60,038,00767,591,48456,055,259
Galway7,745,38519,247,9233,978,516
Limerick8,672,2079,794,7813,196,106
Waterford4,293,2072,113,4451,496,640

Source: Note 11 of Local Authority Annual Financial Statements

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