Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the local authority funding provided from central Government in each of the years 2010 to 2019, inclusive, in tabular form. [27967/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Local authorities receive central government funding for both current and capital expenditure by means of Government grants and subsidies.  This information can be seen in the audited annual financial statements (AFS) of each authority. The table below details the total payments to each authority from central government covering the years 2014 to 2018. 2019 data is not yet available as the audit of the 2019 AFS was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic and is not yet complete.

A significant change to local government structures took place in 2014 when town and borough councils were amalgamated with their county authorities. Information on central funding allocated between 2010 and 2013 to each of the 88 local authorities that existed before the amalgamation is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work.

Total Central Government Funding to 31 Local Authorities

(Current and Capital Combined) 2014 to 2018