Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 February 2026
401. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding for Galway County Council in 2025, and each local authority in the State for comparison, in tabular form. [13637/26]
View answerAs you are aware, the funding system for local authorities is complex, with authorities deriving their income from a variety of sources including commercial rates, charges for goods and services and funding from Central Government. It is a matter for each local authority to consider how it can maximise local income sources and manage its own spending, in the context of the annual budgetary process.
Every effort has been made to provide support to the sector and, in 2024, funding from central government to local authorities totalled around €8.6 bn. This was a net increase of almost €1.9bn (28%) on 2023 and central government funding to local authorities has more than doubled since 2019.
Across all schemes and funding sources, my Department alone has provided €83.3m in 2022, €99.8m in 2023, €114m in 2024 and €149.3m in 2025 to Galway County Council, a significant increase by any measure.
While my Department will continue to engage with all authorities in regard to funding of services within its area of responsibility, all Central Government funding needs to be considered within the parameters of the national fiscal and budgetary situation, and the competing priorities presenting themselves at a national level.
See below table detailing the funding provided by my Department in 2025 across all 31 Local Authorities.
|
LOCAL AUTHORITY |
2025 |
|
CARLOW |
€64,783,389.90 |
|
CAVAN |
€80,830,447.48 |
|
CLARE |
€123,115,147.29 |
|
CORK CITY |
€409,237,917.36 |
|
CORK COUNTY |
€279,851,404.15 |
|
DONEGAL |
€263,159,614.17 |
|
DLR |
€244,267,469.60 |
|
DUBLIN CITY |
€1,202,914,319.28 |
|
FINGAL |
€581,317,548.84 |
|
S. DUBLIN |
€417,595,167.37 |
|
GALWAY CITY |
€136,087,691.84 |
|
GALWAY COUNTY |
€149,301,975.82 |
|
KERRY |
€144,091,575.00 |
|
KILDARE |
€290,596,561.73 |
|
KILKENNY |
€115,428,332.30 |
|
LAOIS |
€126,936,180.51 |
|
LEITRIM |
€35,549,380.70 |
|
LIMERICK |
€763,692,676.54 |
|
LONGFORD |
€41,074,472.35 |
|
LOUTH |
€324,147,309.84 |
|
MAYO |
€160,822,663.94 |
|
MEATH |
€239,382,317.09 |
|
MONAGHAN |
€83,911,342.18 |
|
OFFALY |
€66,321,013.67 |
|
ROSCOMMON |
€63,012,877.32 |
|
SLIGO |
€99,030,688.52 |
|
TIPPERARY |
€163,526,945.99 |
|
WATERFORD |
€166,733,127.90 |
|
WESTMEATH |
€109,678,382.56 |
|
WEXFORD |
€168,437,160.41 |
|
WICKLOW |
€155,451,850.01 |
|
TOTALS |
€7,270,286,951.66 |
