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Thursday, 17 July 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Local Authority Finances

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide separately the development levy balance held in each of the local authority areas; his views on the restrictions that local authorities face in spending these levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32455/14]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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Development contributions allow local authorities to recoup some of the costs to public funds of servicing land for private development.  They provide a mechanism by which developers can contribute to the cost of providing public infrastructure and facilities that benefit development in the area.

The payment of development contributions is a longstanding part of the planning system, dating back to the first Local Government (Planning and Development) Act in 1963.  Since the Planning and Development Act 2000, each planning authority is required to have a development contribution scheme in place setting out how development contributions are to be applied in their area and outlining the major infrastructure projects to be funded by contributions received.

Information on the monetary value of development contributions collected at year end and not spent is not available in my Department. Local authorities are obliged to include, in Note 11 of their Annual Financial Statements, data showing the closing balances, on an accruals basis, for development contributions. Accordingly, these closing balances, details of which in respect of County and City Councils at end 2012 are set out in the following table, comprise both cash and debtors elements.

Development Levy Balances of County and City Councils as at31December 2012

County Councils
Carlow
4,879,598
Cavan
1,669,063
Clare
3,626,538
Cork
33,123,615
Donegal
11,398,390
Fingal
88,890,737
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown
100,712,033
Galway
1,625,265
Kerry
14,531,772
Kildare
19,736,071
Kilkenny
5,277,455
Laois
12,970,235
Leitrim
4,348,373
Limerick
10,202,221
Longford
2,693,263
Louth
34,714,758
Mayo
3,492,055
Meath
16,724,381
Monaghan
8,842,966
North Tipperary
6,229,900
Offaly
8,369,001
Roscommon
6,067,833
Sligo
619,487
South Dublin
51,331,916
South Tipperary
13,578,397
Waterford
5,963,698
Westmeath
6,724,734
Wexford
36,276,766
Wicklow
5,423,943
County Councils
Cork
8,040,883
Dublin
47,400,718
Galway
7,873,710
Limerick
4,980,128
Waterford
180,759

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