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Local Authority Net Current Account Summary 2000-2010 (€’000) Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Expenditure €2,404.3 €2,813.2 €3,135.7 €3,234.5 €3,554.5 €3,783.0 €4,217.6 €4,576.4 €4,843.2 €5,036.5 €4,655.7 Financed By Government Grants/Subsidies €646.3 €768.2 €866.4 €851.1 €891.5 €953.8 €1,107.7 €1,171.3 €1,192.5 €1,255.2 €1,105.4 Pension Related Deductions €78.9 LGF General-Purpose Grant €539.7 €485.3 €592.8 €623.5 €752.3 €816.6 €876.9 €948.6 €1,000.3 €937.3 €773.9 Goods/Services €689.1 €806.2 €928.3 €1,093.2 €1,167.9 €1,185.2 €1,279.2 €1,422.8 €1,444.8 €1,429.8 €1,324.8 Commercial Rates €587.4 €663.8 €751.2 €840.6 €944.3 €1,052.1 €1,191.6 €1,269.3 €1,358.4 €1,404.3 €1,358.7 Provision for Debit/Credit Balances €0.0 €0.0 €0.0 €0.0 €0.0 €0.0 €0.0 €0.0 €0.0 €8.6 €14.2 County Charge €2.2 €2.8 €1.9 -€0.8 -€0.2 -€3.0 -€1.5 -€1.7 -€2.0 €1.3 -€0.2 Total Receipts €2,464.6 €2,726.3 €3,140.6 €3,407.6 €3,755.7 €4,004.8 €4,453.9 €4,810.3 €4,994.0 €5,036.5 €4,655.7 Source: Data for 2000 to 2008 is derived from Local Authority Annual Financial Statements; Data for 2009 & 2010 is derived from Local Authority Budgets (Note: rounding may affect totals) 196
Local Authority Current Expenditure By Service Division 2000 - 2010 Local Authority Net Current Expenditure by Service Division 2000-2010 (€’000) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Service Division 1 - Housing and Building Service Division 2 - Road Transportation 380.5 462.3 516.3 474.9 490.2 517.1 573.0 659.0 766.0 833.0 778.7 and Safety 769.5 870.5 917.3 981.7 1,003.0 1,050.1 1,200.7 1,261.1 1,122.8 1,142.5 919.3 Service Division 3 - Water Services Service Division 4 - Development 271.0 307.3 346.1 381.5 442.2 479.9 568.6 645.6 699.1 752.9 722.3 Management 107.6 134.0 154.7 167.8 199.5 210.1 223.5 250.5 332.6 340.7 296.6 Service Division 5 - Environmental Services 399.8 480.7 565.5 597.5 654.9 711.1 758.7 796.2 842.6 880.7 804.3 Service Division 6 - Recreation and Amenity Service Division 7 - Agriculture, Education, 205.5 234.8 252.1 262.4 286.0 311.7 342.0 377.9 431.3 444.6 396.8 Health and Welfare 135.7 149.9 172.1 194.8 244.4 262.8 285.9 313.1 340.4 349.9 406.2 Service Division 8 - Miscellaneous Services Total 134.7 173.7 211.6 224.0 234.2 240.8 265.5 273.0 308.5 292.2 331.5 2,404.3 2,813.2 3,135.7 3,234.4 3,554.5 3,783.6 4,217.6 4,576.4 4,843.3 5,036.5 4,655.7 Source: Data for 2000 to 2008 is derived from Local Authority Annual Financial Statements; Data for 2009 & 2010 is derived from Local Authority Budgets (Note: rounding may affect totals) 197
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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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• 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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• County council offices / area o
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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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10.2.6 To date, the emphasis of tol
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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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Financial Summary: Through a combin
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current levels of resourcing for pl
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educe the number of such transactio
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Financial Summary: Through a combin
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in the trend of rationalisation of
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Table 10.1 - Motor Taxation Classes
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detail in issuing licences. Motor t
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11.1 Treasury Management 11. Other
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Page 187 and 188: Gross Current Income by Source and
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Page 203 and 204: Former Town Commissioners 2010 Net
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Page 207 and 208: Appendix 9 - Unaccounted for Water
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