COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 13, 2010

QUESTION NO.20

QUESTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

To ask the Manager if he can advise if any progress has been made in discussions with the DoE,H and LG to have South Dublin treated on a par with the other Dublin Region Local Authorities in regard to the amount of the Local Government Fund Grant per resident allocated to the County, and in particular if the Department accepts that South Dublin should at least be allocated funding at the level of Fingal. and if he will make a statement on the matter?

REPLY:

The 2011 Local Government Fund allocation for South Dublin County Council is €€21,709,971.   

This Council has consistently made the case that the Local Government Fund should be allocated on a "per capita" basis, a case which has not been favourably considered by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government.   Nonetheless, the 2011 LGF has corrected our position versus Fingal by €1M in 2011 (€1.4M correction to date)  and the difference in allocation for 2011 is €4.5m (from €5.5m in 2010, and €5.9m in 2009).

	ADOPTED		DRAFT
	2010		2011
LGF allocation to Fingal	€29,799,877		€26,267,018
LGF allocation to South Dublin	€24,289,702 €5,510,175		€21,709,971 €4,557,047

The full schedule of the 2011 Local Government Fund allocations for all Local Authorities is attached for reference.