Report of the Local Government Efficiency Review Group

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City Councils Housing and Building Current Expenditure By Programme Group and by Local Authority, 2010 Road Transportation & Safety Water Services Development Management Environmental Services Recreation and Amenity Agriculture, Education, Health & Welfare Miscellaneous Services Total Cork 20.58% 14.67% 11.49% 4.68% 21.71% 11.73% 10.10% 5.03% 100% Dublin 25.38% 9.34% 14.63% 3.39% 26.35% 9.40% 7.59% 3.91% 100% Galway 20.76% 14.63% 13.15% 5.41% 16.89% 14.10% 7.82% 7.24% 100% Limerick 18.41% 12.12% 16.63% 5.66% 21.62% 7.06% 8.51% 9.98% 100% Waterford 20.55% 10.43% 15.26% 5.16% 21.37% 10.10% 12.15% 5.00% 100% City Council Average 23.65% 10.73% 14.23% 3.96% 24.47% 9.94% 8.26% 4.76% 100% Borough Councils Housing and Building Road Transportation & Safety Water Services Development Management Environmental Services Recreation and Amenity Agriculture, Education, Health & Welfare Miscellaneous Services Total Clonmel 17.83% 23.01% 21.34% 5.71% 16.78% 10.67% 0.03% 4.62% 100% Drogheda 18.95% 18.65% 16.01% 4.60% 20.75% 7.05% 1.12% 12.87% 100% Kilkenny 10.26% 31.21% 0.38% 9.73% 15.62% 16.05% 0.10% 16.65% 100% Sligo 32.91% 24.55% 0.00% 6.24% 5.81% 6.41% 15.03% 9.05% 100% Wexford 28.87% 27.64% 1.07% 7.96% 12.79% 9.10% 1.79% 10.78% 100% Borough Council Average 21.71% 23.55% 9.69% 6.27% 15.19% 9.09% 3.74% 10.76% 100% 190
Town Councils Housing and Building Current Expenditure By Programme Group and by Local Authority, 2010 Road Transportation & Safety Water Services Development Management Environmental Services Recreation and Amenity Agriculture, Education, Health & Welfare Miscellaneous Services Total Arklow 22.49% 22.47% 17.33% 6.76% 8.11% 8.65% 0.00% 14.19% 100% Athlone 16.14% 24.74% 0.00% 10.73% 17.06% 12.85% 0.00% 18.48% 100% Athy 17.21% 16.16% 21.58% 10.11% 7.07% 3.25% 0.00% 24.63% 100% Ballina 14.66% 32.66% 10.45% 7.83% 10.47% 14.54% 0.11% 9.28% 100% Ballinasloe 21.75% 20.36% 10.97% 5.17% 8.48% 13.24% 0.00% 20.03% 100% Birr 16.40% 18.94% 19.33% 10.33% 15.50% 6.14% 0.14% 13.21% 100% Bray 16.87% 24.39% 17.40% 5.37% 12.03% 12.96% 2.71% 8.27% 100% Buncrana 9.15% 27.41% 11.77% 5.98% 4.00% 8.94% 0.00% 32.75% 100% Bundoran 7.11% 24.26% 2.78% 16.89% 10.34% 21.80% 0.00% 16.82% 100% Carlow 15.55% 27.68% 10.30% 8.63% 11.23% 15.04% 0.31% 11.26% 100% Carrick on Suir 20.66% 16.91% 20.57% 4.06% 20.35% 9.60% 0.28% 7.58% 100% Carrickmacross 11.97% 27.23% 23.80% 7.45% 7.49% 7.08% 0.09% 14.89% 100% Cashel 12.33% 22.69% 18.10% 8.03% 18.17% 11.93% 0.04% 8.71% 100% Castlebar 12.12% 28.31% 6.46% 9.97% 8.80% 13.71% 0.00% 20.63% 100% Castleblayney 19.06% 16.78% 16.94% 5.61% 11.44% 5.59% 0.00% 24.58% 100% Cavan 16.83% 32.57% 2.36% 4.60% 13.60% 15.30% 0.00% 14.74% 100% Clonakility 16.49% 22.32% 21.29% 4.88% 10.75% 8.80% 0.00% 15.46% 100% Clones 17.40% 17.86% 16.27% 5.53% 16.05% 2.81% 0.00% 24.08% 100% Cobh 23.41% 23.60% 13.20% 4.58% 14.01% 8.39% 0.02% 12.80% 100% Dundalk 24.25% 17.33% 13.52% 6.33% 15.44% 11.21% 0.14% 11.78% 100% Dungarvan 14.68% 18.83% 4.02% 8.30% 23.61% 16.01% 0.22% 14.32% 100% Ennis 17.32% 24.00% 0.87% 6.62% 12.20% 22.25% 0.00% 16.74% 100% Enniscorthy 24.58% 23.80% 0.95% 13.25% 12.27% 12.19% 0.19% 12.78% 100% Fermoy 11.09% 25.66% 0.65% 1.68% 13.20% 34.24% 0.00% 13.49% 100% Kells 16.09% 30.86% 15.73% 6.27% 10.67% 8.81% 0.12% 11.45% 100% Killarney 8.06% 16.99% 19.80% 5.13% 16.06% 11.71% 0.08% 22.18% 100% Kilrush 24.06% 25.68% 2.36% 16.91% 10.21% 3.33% 0.18% 17.26% 100% Kinsale 10.88% 20.54% 12.16% 8.89% 11.58% 13.55% 0.01% 22.39% 100% Letterkenny 9.48% 30.18% 3.15% 6.67% 6.10% 34.03% 0.00% 10.38% 100% Listowel 15.80% 21.15% 29.47% 4.94% 14.42% 4.56% 0.01% 9.66% 100% 191
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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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more focussed than previously on mu
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ating town councils is largely repr
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• The provision of quality custom
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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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2. Reintroducing domestic water cha
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Income €m € 1,600.0 € 1,400.0
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3. Local Government Experience of E
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maintenance are provided by the cou
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well as reductions in the number of
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4. Context - Looking Forward 4.1 Na
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4.2.6 Aside from keeping costs down
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5. Organisational Efficiency Issues
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statutorily vested in certain ratin
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5.5.6 Roads are classified into nat
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the majority of town councils, a pl
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5.7 Other Local Bodies 5.7.1 A smal
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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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to provide services in the corporat
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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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8.4.12 For example, recruitment to
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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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• Allocating grants to improve th
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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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current levels of resourcing for pl
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Financial Summary: Through a combin
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in the trend of rationalisation of
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