Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 May 2024
266. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all funding provided by his Department to Clonmel town since the abolition of the borough council ten years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23570/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra267. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all funding provided by his Department to Nenagh town since the abolition of town councils ten years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23571/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 266 and 267 together.
My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, covering a broad range of functions, including local authority housing, voluntary housing, homeless services, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, urban renewal/regeneration, fire services, and natural and built heritage. In order to achieve its business objectives, the Department provides significant resources to an extensive range of organisations, local authorities, Tipperary County Council, dedicated agencies and other bodies. Some allocations, depending on the programmes concerned, are made on a national or other non-county basis.
More information on expenditure is set out in the Department's Appropriation Accounts (Vote 34) for the relevant years which are published by the Comptroller and Auditor General and are available at: www.audit.gov.ie/en/publications/. My Department's 2023 Appropriation Account will be published later this year when the audit is completed.
In relation to this year, the Total Gross allocation for Vote 34 in Budget 2024 is €7,046m. This is made up of €3,017m Current expenditure,€3,888m Capital expenditure and €141m in Capital Carryover. A further breakdown is available in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2024 published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPENDR) .
Current and Capital allocations will be further supplemented through additional funding for Housing purposes provided by certain local authorities from Local Property Tax (LPT) receipts. The funding system that applies to local authorities is a complex one, as authorities derive their income from a variety of local sources including commercial rates, Local Property Tax (LPT), charges for goods and services and funding from Central Government.
Additional detail on Central Government funding of local authorities is provided in the Comptroller and Auditor General's Annual Report. The 2022 Report is accessible at the following link: www.audit.gov.ie/en/find-report/publications/2023/3-central-government-funding-of-local-authorities.pdf.
