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Number Counter Appendix 10 – Motor Tax Transactions, 2008 Number Postal Number Online Total excl online % Counter % Postal % Online Driving Licences Westmeath 75,442 10,777 21,707 86,219 69.90 9.99 20.11 12,106 Roscommon 44,683 17,501 15,059 62,184 57.85 22.66 19.50 9,001 Laois 57,878 12,021 21,987 69,899 62.99 13.08 23.93 11,272 Meath 123,330 20,174 71,186 143,504 57.45 9.40 33.16 25,213 Offaly 56,668 12,323 21,858 68,991 62.38 13.56 24.06 10,933 Limerick 86,827 31,405 50,331 118,232 51.51 18.63 29.86 19,976 Waterford 57,971 7,409 19,546 65,380 68.26 8.72 23.02 9,670 Kilkenny 68,021 16,210 30,926 84,231 59.07 14.08 26.86 14,555 South Tipperary 78,882 14,379 21,679 93,261 68.63 12.51 18.86 14,455 Cavan 49,640 13,887 18,999 63,527 60.15 16.83 23.02 9,945 Limerick City 37,174 10,387 18,009 47,561 56.69 15.84 27.47 8,460 Donegal 142,921 7,060 26,030 149,981 81.20 4.01 14.79 20,241 Wexford 86,542 49,590 52,185 136,132 45.96 26.33 27.71 22,501 Louth 88,680 4,040 29,339 92,720 72.65 3.31 24.04 17,239 Kerry 81,481 44,314 48,555 125,795 46.73 25.42 27.85 20,796 Kildare 108,231 31,296 97,178 139,527 45.72 13.22 41.05 30,053 Clare 96,684 17,815 35,069 114,499 64.64 11.91 23.45 16,948 Leitrim 22,847 7,420 6,896 30,267 61.48 19.97 18.56 4,320 Longford 33,572 5,128 7,126 38,700 73.26 11.19 15.55 5,783 North Tipperary 52,440 17,188 26,664 69,628 54.46 17.85 27.69 10,637 Galway 167,175 35,870 75,982 203,045 59.91 12.86 27.23 35,064 Wicklow 97,294 13,073 54,171 110,367 59.13 7.95 32.92 21,583 Cork 212,388 172,196 209,317 384,584 35.76 28.99 35.24 75,718 Waterford City 38,111 4,748 15,228 42,859 65.61 8.17 26.22 8,356 Monaghan 50,001 8,377 11,469 58,378 71.59 11.99 16.42 8,706 Mayo 101,502 16,216 32,519 117,718 67.56 10.79 21.65 17,313 Sligo 53,359 8,793 15,628 62,152 68.60 11.30 20.09 9,161 Dublin 473,066 197,593 531,217 670,659 39.36 16.44 44.20 183,946 Carlow 53,707 10,561 17,637 64,268 65.57 12.89 21.53 10,379 2,696,517 817,751 1,603,497 3,514,268 52.69 15.98 31.33 664,330 Source: Service Indicators in Local Authorities 2008 208
Appendix 11 – Membership of County / City Development Boards Typical Make-up of a County/City Development Board Sector Members Number Local Government • Chairs of the local authority Strategic Policy Committees • Cathaoirleach/ Mayor • County/ City Manager • Urban Representative(s) * typically 8 † Local Development Two representatives for each of the following types of local development bodies: • County/ City Enterprise Board • Integrated Local Development Company or Urban Area Based Partnership Company 4 State Agencies As appropriate: • Health Service Executive • FÁS • Teagasc • An Garda Síochána • VEC • Enterprise Ireland • IDA Ireland • Regional Tourism Organisations • Department of Social Protection regional officer • County/ City Childcare Committee • SFADCo/ Údarás typically 10 Social Partners • Employers and Business Organisations (one member) • Trade Unions (one member) • Agricultural and Farming Organisations (one member) ♦ • Community and Voluntary Organisations (two members) • Environmental Pillar (one member) 6 TOTAL typically 28 * Where there are two or more borough/ town councils within a CDB area, two representatives can be nominated, with one drawn from those authorities that have planning functions. † This depends on the number of SPCs in the county or city and the number/ type of town or borough councils within the CDB area (see also footnote above). ♦ In the five cities, where there is no Agricultural and Farming Organisations member on the CDBs, there will be an additional Community and Voluntary Organisations member. 209
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Cluster Data Cluster Mayo Roscommon
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approach which will be used to asse
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Implementation Group suggested in s
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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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significant administrative overhead
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