Written answers

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Local Authority Funding

9:00 pm

Photo of Joan CollinsJoan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the quarterly payments of the general purpose grants from his Department to city, county, borough and town councils on the 2 of May 2012; if his attention has been drawn to the payments to Waterford City Council and Sligo County Council on the 20 of March 2012; the reason Waterford City Council and Sligo County Council were treated in such a manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31682/12]

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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General Purpose Grants from the Local Government Fund are my contribution to meeting the difference between the cost to local authorities of providing a reasonable level of services and the income available to them from local sources and from specific grants.

The two principal sources of revenue for the Fund are the full proceeds of motor tax and the household charge. My Department works closely with all local authorities in relation to their financial position. In this context, the payment of general purpose grants to authorities is influenced by a number of factors, including the timing of the receipts to the Fund and associated cash flow and the funding position of individual authorities during the course of the year.

It is a matter for each local authority, including Waterford City Council and Sligo County Council, to manage its own day-to-day finances in a prudent and sustainable manner.

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