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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

HEADED ITEM NO.17

HEADED ITEM: RTFB Meeting Admin

Local Priorities Fund

REPORT:

With the elected members' decision to apply a 7.5% reduction in Local Property Tax for 2026, a Local Priorities Fund totalling €1 million, equivalent to €25,000 per Councillor was approved at the Annual Budget Meeting in November 2025 to give Councillors the opportunity to fund specific projects in their local electoral areas (LEAs) in 2026. A Local Priorities Fund Allocation Protocol (the protocol), as agreed between the executive and elected representatives, sets out the approval , drawdown, monitoring and reporting mechanisms to provide oversight on all expenditure under the fund.

The fund assigned to this area committee's LEAs is as follows:

LEA	No. of Councillors	Total Fund Allocation
Rathfarnham - Templeogue	7	€175,000
Firhouse - Bohernabreena	5	€125,000

All completed applications complying with the protocol will be presented quarterly to each relevant area committee meeting for noting. 

During the period up to 31 March 2026 one completed application has been received which is set out in the table below:

LEA	Councillor	Type of allocation	Project	Amount	Status
Rathfarnham - Templeogue	Cllr. D. McManus	Internal project	Rathfarnham village raised planter seating area	€2,500	In progress