John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the value of the debt owed to central Government by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29695/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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In 2011 local authorities have budgeted to spend some €7bn in total between current and capital programmes. The main sources of funding include current and capital income, grants and subsidies. In addition, limited debt finance is available to local authorities as necessary to finance their expenditure.

The information requested, which relates to debt owed to central government, is set out in the table and refers to loans advanced through the Local Loans Fund which is operated by the Office of Public Works under the aegis of the Minister for Finance. 2009 is the latest year for which audited information is available.