Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 184: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding or contribution, if any, each local authority has paid to the Local Government Management Services Board in each of the years 2007 to 2011, inclusive; if there is a legal obligation on a local authority to make a contribution to the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19276/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Local Government Management Services Board (LGMSB) was established under the Local Government Corporate Bodies Act 1971. The LGMSB was subsequently placed on a primary legislative footing under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) (Confirmation of Orders) Act 2008. Article 5 (20) of the Local Government Management Services Board (Establishment) Order, 1996 states that "the expenses of the Board in so far as not met from other sources shall, to such extent as shall be approved by the Minister, be recouped by the several councils of counties and corporations of county boroughs in such proportions as those authorities may agree upon, or, failing such agreement, in such proportions as may be determined by the Minister."

The following table outlines the levy paid by each local authority to the Local Government Management Service Board in the years 2007 - 2011.