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Appendix 3 – Local Government Income and Expenditure Gross Current Income by Source and by Local Authority, 2010 Provision of Goods and Services General Purpose Grants Commercial Rates to be levied Government Total % County Councils Grants/Subsidies Income Carlow 40.94% 20.94% 25.37% 12.75% 100% Cavan 37.99% 18.79% 26.73% 16.49% 100% Clare 32.72% 22.40% 11.43% 33.46% 100% Cork 29.51% 27.82% 13.69% 28.97% 100% Donegal 31.86% 29.13% 24.91% 14.10% 100% Dún Laoghaire Rathdown 12.91% 24.63% 15.59% 46.87% 100% Fingal 10.91% 29.17% 10.33% 49.60% 100% Galway 41.68% 17.72% 23.94% 16.66% 100% Kerry 38.26% 28.41% 19.50% 13.82% 100% Kildare 21.79% 29.46% 17.61% 31.13% 100% Kilkenny 35.13% 19.74% 27.56% 17.57% 100% Laois 28.53% 32.82% 24.19% 14.47% 100% Leitrim 40.62% 13.89% 34.03% 11.46% 100% Limerick 28.99% 29.90% 17.92% 23.19% 100% Longford 37.38% 21.80% 30.45% 10.37% 100% Louth 34.34% 36.68% 17.11% 11.88% 100% Mayo 40.03% 23.95% 25.41% 10.62% 100% Meath 25.91% 25.24% 28.18% 20.66% 100% Monaghan 45.61% 18.30% 25.34% 10.74% 100% North Tipperary 33.79% 26.73% 28.01% 11.46% 100% Offaly 20.56% 40.19% 24.54% 14.71% 100% Roscommon 27.88% 28.41% 28.53% 15.18% 100% Sligo 32.86% 29.83% 28.76% 8.55% 100% South Dublin 14.84% 24.53% 8.19% 52.44% 100% South Tipperary 33.27% 28.09% 28.34% 10.30% 100% Waterford 31.19% 24.63% 33.36% 10.82% 100% Westmeath 29.95% 29.41% 28.70% 11.94% 100% Wexford 31.27% 33.54% 18.20% 16.99% 100% Wicklow 33.87% 28.31% 19.35% 18.47% 100% County Council Average 28.30% 26.66% 19.78% 25.27% 100% Provision of Goods and Services General Purpose Grants Commercial Rates to be levied Government Total % City Councils Grants/Subsidies Income Cork 19.01% 36.36% 10.79% 33.83% 100% Dublin 19.06% 34.36% 8.86% 37.72% 100% Galway 20.03% 33.68% 8.19% 38.11% 100% Limerick 23.82% 23.40% 12.48% 40.30% 100% Waterford 22.66% 36.18% 10.74% 30.41% 100% City Council Average 19.62% 34.00% 9.46% 36.91% 100% 186
Gross Current Income by Source and by Local Authority, 2010 Provision of Goods and Services General Purpose Grants Commercial Rates to be levied Government Total % Borough Councils Grants/Subsidies Income Clonmel 10.25% 40.03% 18.25% 31.47% 100% Drogheda 5.62% 30.51% 16.28% 47.59% 100% Kilkenny 2.66% 37.25% 12.39% 47.71% 100% Sligo 11.41% 39.41% 13.91% 35.27% 100% Wexford 7.28% 29.56% 13.32% 49.83% 100% Borough Council Average 7.58% 35.02% 15.05% 42.36% 100% Provision of Goods and Services General Purpose Grants Commercial Rates to be levied Government Total % Town Councils Grants/Subsidies Income Arklow 2.75% 34.29% 22.85% 40.11% 100% Athlone 5.84% 27.88% 16.21% 50.08% 100% Athy 3.63% 36.32% 14.54% 45.50% 100% Ballina 2.66% 25.66% 23.79% 47.88% 100% Ballinasloe 3.90% 34.50% 19.88% 41.72% 100% Birr 17.90% 12.76% 27.71% 41.63% 100% Bray 5.37% 35.38% 24.38% 34.88% 100% Buncrana 5.61% 24.97% 28.09% 41.33% 100% Bundoran 5.22% 22.64% 25.77% 46.36% 100% Carlow 3.48% 30.14% 15.64% 50.74% 100% Carrick on Suir 11.20% 46.50% 24.88% 17.42% 100% Carrickmacross 7.60% 12.60% 24.17% 55.62% 100% Cashel 12.56% 41.68% 22.69% 23.07% 100% Castlebar 7.49% 25.03% 13.46% 54.02% 100% Castleblayney 8.15% 16.56% 26.99% 48.29% 100% Cavan 3.57% 37.26% 16.73% 42.44% 100% Clonakility 7.03% 18.27% 23.87% 50.82% 100% Clones 9.17% 18.56% 40.43% 31.83% 100% Cobh 5.39% 30.70% 36.36% 27.54% 100% Dundalk 9.48% 24.01% 16.37% 50.14% 100% Dungarvan 5.84% 33.78% 13.40% 46.98% 100% Ennis 2.91% 31.81% 19.20% 46.08% 100% Enniscorthy 3.68% 41.24% 22.54% 32.53% 100% Fermoy 4.79% 38.03% 24.84% 32.34% 100% Kells 17.19% 35.03% 19.05% 28.72% 100% Killarney 1.61% 30.83% 12.53% 55.02% 100% Kilrush 10.16% 25.76% 29.41% 34.67% 100% Kinsale 8.15% 26.61% 16.89% 48.35% 100% Letterkenny 5.10% 24.74% 13.05% 57.11% 100% Listowel 5.05% 29.89% 20.21% 44.85% 100% Longford 6.10% 34.56% 17.12% 42.22% 100% Macroom 6.01% 23.79% 27.02% 43.18% 100% Mallow 3.72% 33.76% 20.43% 42.09% 100% Midleton 9.27% 13.50% 17.42% 59.80% 100% Monaghan 2.52% 28.40% 17.40% 51.68% 100% Naas 3.20% 26.96% 13.13% 56.71% 100% Navan 4.54% 30.00% 6.18% 59.28% 100% 187
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Report of the Local Government Effi
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5. Organisational Efficiency Issues
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14. Recommendations 14.1 Recommenda
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associated Government Statement, ne
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1.7 Compliance Requirements on Loca
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2.1 National Public Finances 2. Bud
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Figure 2.2 - Total Local Authority
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evenue were needed for the local go
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Figure 2.3 - Sources of Local Autho
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Figure 2.4 -Sources of Local Author
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Figure 2.5 - Local Authority Curren
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Payroll Expenses Table 2.4 - Breakd
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Income €m € 1,600.0 € 1,400.0
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maintenance are provided by the cou
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5. Organisational Efficiency Issues
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statutorily vested in certain ratin
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Figure 6.1 - Local Authority Staff
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Figure 6.2 - Staffing per 1,000 Pop
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Figure 6.5 - Staffing Per 1,000 Pop
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Cluster Data Cluster Mayo Roscommon
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senior management staff - for examp
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ut this figure varies from 22% to 5
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eplacement with lower level staff w
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Corporate Services, HR, IT, and Fin
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Recommendations: 6.11.1 In summary,
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7.1 Local Government Audit 7. Value
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through open recruitment. Opportuni
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the Director and relevant local gov
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7.6.3 Local authorities should cons
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8. Shared Services 8.1 Shared Servi
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8.2.6 Many parts of the United Stat
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8.4 Shared ‘Back Office’ Servic
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approach which will be used to asse
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enefits in terms of pooling resourc
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while also improving the service fo
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Implementation Group suggested in s
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9.2.4 The Local Government e-Procur
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forms are now captured online. This
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Table 9.1 - Non-Pay Items Procured
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9.5.10 LAQuotes is used by the vast
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sectoral level, to promote exchange
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10.1 Housing 10. Efficiencies in Pr
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10.1.9 Two issues arise in this res
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that may arise in this respect as p
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the new Housing and Sustainable Com
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10.2.14 The Group also noted the la
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10.3.11 It would also facilitate th
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consumption (see also section 9 in
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educe the number of such transactio
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