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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 13, 2017

QUESTION NO.5

QUESTION: Councillor P. Foley

There is a perception among the public that Council’s throughout the Country have significantly more funds available since the introduction of Property Tax in 2013. Can a breakdown be provided relating to South Dublin County Council for each of the last 10 years outlining funding received from both sources, separately - the Local Government Fund and Property Tax?

REPLY:

Set out below is a comparison between the Local Government Fund (LGF) and Local Property Tax (LPT) for the years 2008 to 2017. It should be noted that during this period significant changes were made to the compilation of both figures. In particular, the allocation in 2014 was reduced following the establishment of Irish Water, also in 2017 South Dublin County Council had an additional €2,932,356 added to it's baseline funding but the local authority is now required to remit pension related deductions (PRD) to the Department.

 
Year Local Government Fund Total Local Property Tax  20% Equalisation Fund 15% Variation Allocated by DHPCLG LGF Compensation RE PRD Discretionary LPT
2008 27,396,258              
2009 21,567,210              
2010 19,625,192              
2011 18,087,797              
2012 16,485,014              
2013 16,370,168              
2014 923,906              
2015   32,653,416 -6,530,683 -4,898,012 -18,668,144 0 0 2,556,577
2016   30,637,996 -6,127,599 -4,595,699 -17,458,892 100,771 0 2,556,577
2017   31,387,132 -6,277,462 -4,708,070 -14,976,017 0 -2,932,356 2,493,227