Written answers
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
Department of An Taoiseach
Local Authority Expenditure
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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1. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of GDP controlled by local authorities here. [40703/18]
Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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The following table presents total expenditure of local government, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Ireland and local government expenditure as a percentage of GDP for the years 2013 to 2017. 2017 is an estimate until the amalgamated Local Authority annual financial statement is available.
€ million
| - | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expenditure of Local Government | 6,496 | 5,517 | 5,881 | 6,368 | 6,494 |
| GDP | 179,922 | 195,293 | 262,466 | 273,238 | 294,110 |
| Local Government Expenditure as % GDP | 3.6% | 2.8% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.2% |
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