Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected in parking fines in 2016 and 2017 by local authority and municipality in tabular form; the way in which moneys collected regarding parking fines is used and-or distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4075/18]

John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Annual Financial Statement (AFS) of each local authority provides an analysis of their income from goods and services; these financial statements are produced at the local authority level and are not broken down to municipal district level.

Appendix 4 to the AFS (Analysis of Income from Goods and Services) records Parking Fines/Charges as a single figure and does not separately identify the elements. The 2016 income figures (the most recent year for which audited financial statements are available) are set out in the table below.

The purpose for which this income is used is a matter for the elected members of the local authority. Elected members have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority, which includes adopting the annual budget. Accordingly, it is a matter for each local authority to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources.