Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the date that the second quarterly payment of the Local Government Fund for 2012 issued to each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28103/12]

Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the date that the first quarterly payment of the Local Government Fund for 2012 issued to each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28104/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 434 and 435 together.

I assume that the Question refers to general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. General purpose grants are my Department's contribution towards meeting the cost to local authorities of providing a reasonable level of services to their customers.

Some €651m in general purpose grants has been allocated to local authorities for 2012. In addition, local authorities will retain some €77 million in pension related deductions in 2012. I am satisfied that the general purpose allocations provided for 2012, together with the income available from other sources, will enable local authorities to provide a reasonable level of services to their customers.

The information requested is set out in the following table.