Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when Sligo County Council sought and received sanction from him for a term loan of €15 million in 2010 it stated in its application that the purpose to which the loan was to be applied was to fund balances in its capital account that remained unfunded, including water investment projects awaiting special development levies, asset purchases completed in advance of Gateway funding and project balances, along with the revenue account deficit, and that the loan was not in fact applied to the revenue account deficit of €7.5 million and the revenue account deficit was carried forward into the following year; if he has concerns about his Department being misled by Sligo County Council and if he finds such behaviour acceptable; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council had a total closing overall deficit balance of €9,981,616 on 31 December 2010; if he will provide the names and positions of the officials from his Department and Sligo County Council who met on 18 October 2011 to discuss the application of the €15 million loan and to further explore the financial position of the council; the proposals if any, his Department made at the meeting; the proposals if any, the Sligo county manager made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37988/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I refer to the replies to Question Nos. 366 of 19 July 2011, 342 of 20 September 2011, 131 and 134 of 29 September 2011, 325 of 18 October 2011, 261 of 2 November 2011, 395 of 15 November 2011 and 355 of 22 November 2011. Senior officials in the Local Government Division of my Department met with the Sligo County Manager on 18 October 2011. It was agreed that Sligo County Council would consider actions to address the financial position of the Council in its Budget for 2012.