Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the 2013 funding will be allocated to Wicklow County Council; the total amount of this funding; if he will provide a breakdown of the way this funding will be allocated between the county council and town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4332/13]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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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 €640m in general purpose grants has been allocated to local authorities for 2013. In general, payment of the allocated grants will be made to local authorities in quarterly tranches during 2013 . Payment of the first 25% of the allocation was made to local authorities on 22 January 2013. The breakdown requested is set out in the table.