‘Local Authority Estimated Current Receipts and Expenditure’
2003 Budgeted Current Expenditure and Receipts of Local Authorities by Authority Type
County Councils City Councils
Borough
Councils
Town Councils*
Miscellaneous
Bodies **
Total 2003 Budget
Total 2002
Budget
€2,274,300,961
€888,105,834
€58,157,244
€190,207,240
€13,089,115
€3,423,860,394
€3,099,200,000
Government Grants/Subsidies
€672,941,064
€196,829,310
€5,314,741
€15,229,483
€0
€890,314,598
€870,700,000
General Purpose Grant ***
€465,422,969
€95,854,566
€11,810,995
€45,048,730
€0
€618,137,260
€585,400,000
Goods/Services
€654,472,579
€313,472,528
€27,229,912
€83,650,545
€12,405,432
€1,091,230,996
€900,800,000
Commercial Rates
€445,617,832
€291,018,665
€20,185,596
€78,361,042
€1,253,021
€836,436,156
€747,200,000
Dr €1,759,068 Dr €9,069,235
0
Dr €86,963
Dr €569,338
Dr €11,484,604
Dr €3,900,000
Total Expenditure
Expenditure Financed By
Balances
County Demand
Total Receipts
€37,605,585
€0
-€6,384,000
-€31,995,597
€0
-€774,012
-€1,000,000
€2,274,300,961
€888,105,834
€58,157,244
€190,207,240
€13,089,115
€3,423,860,394
€3,099,200,000
* Comprises Town Councils (Formerly Urban District Councils).
** Includes non-rating Town Councils (Formerly Town Commissioners), Joint Drainage Boards and other miscellaneous bodies.
*** Under the new funding system for local government, which commenced on 1 January 1999, the Local Government Fund was established. The Fund
consists of an Exchequer contribution and the net proceeds of Motor Tax. The Local Government Act 1998, which established the new funding system,
provides that the exchequer contribution will be indexed linked each year in line with inflation and will also take account of the additional expenditure needs
of local authorities. The Fund is generally used to finance the general-purpose needs of local authorities and the non-national roads programme. The amount
shown in the above table under ‘General Purposes Grant’ relates to the total fund less non-national roads.
Local Authority Current Estimated Expenditure By Programme Group
Local Authority Current Estimated Expenditure By Programme Group 2003
Amount €’m
565.2
978.2
394.9
173.1
634.9
278.8
194.1
204.6
3,423.9
Programme Group
Programme Group 1 - Housing and Building
Programme Group 2 - Road Transportation and Safety
Programme Group 3 - Water Supply and Sewerage
Programme Group 4 - Development Incentives and Controls
Programme Group 5 - Environmental Protection
Programme Group 6 - Recreation and Amenity
Programme Group 7 - Agriculture, Education, Health and Welfare
Programme Group 8 - Miscellaneous
Total
%
16.5
28.6
11.5
5.1
18.5
8.1
5.7
6.0
100.0%
EXPENDITURE BY PROGRAMME GROUP 2003
Local Authority Current Expenditure by Programme Group 1997-2003
1,200
1,000
Programme Group 1 - Housing and Building
Programme Group 2 - Road Transportation and
Safety
800
€'m
Programme Group 3 - Water Supply and Sewerage
Programme Group 4 - Development Incentives and
Controls
600
Programme Group 5 - Environmental Protection
400
Programme Group 6 - Recreation and Amenity
Programme Group 7 - Agriculture, Education, Health
and Welfare
200
Programme Group 8 - Miscellaneous
0
1997
1998
1999
2000
Year
2001
2002
2003
Local Authority Current Expenditure By Programme Group 1997 - 2003
1997
Programme Group 1 - Housing and Building
Programme Group 2 - Road Transportation and Safety
Programme Group 3 - Water Supply and Sewerage
Programme Group 4 - Development Incentives and Controls
Programme Group 5 - Environmental Protection
Programme Group 6 - Recreation and Amenity
Programme Group 7 - Agriculture, Education, Health and Welfare
Programme Group 8 - Miscellaneous
Total
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
€'m
€'m
€'m
€'m
€'m
€'m
€'m
310.5
337.4
339.1
380.5
462.3
498.7
565.2
526.3
597.9
699.6
769.5
870.5
920.1
978.2
207.1
225.8
244.3
271.0
307.3
350.3
394.9
68.8
75.2
83.3
107.6
134.0
149.4
173.0
255.0
290.4
336.1
399.8
480.7
557.2
634.9
168.1
180.9
188.2
205.5
234.8
271.7
278.8
142.6
125.7
132.7
135.7
149.9
180.0
194.1
114.8
110.0
127.1
134.7
173.7
171.8
204.6
1,793.1 1,943.2 2,150.4 2,404.3 2,813.2 3,099.2 3,423.9
Notes: Data for 1997 to 2001 is derived from DOEHLG publications Local Authority Financial Outturns.
Data for 2002 and 2003 is derived from DOEHLG publications Local Authority Budgets.
Local Authority Current Estimated Income 2003
Sources Of Income
Government
Grants/Subsidies
Goods/Services
Rates
General Purpose
Grant
Total
30.10%
22.00%
8.20%
6.80%
29.20%
34.90%
42.20%
37.60%
19.90%
32.40%
31.30%
35.30%
20.80%
10.70%
18.30%
20.30%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
County Councils
City Councils
Borough Councils
Town Councils
100%
80%
60%
General Purpose Grant
Rates
40%
Goods/ Services
Government Grants/ Subsidies
20%
0%
County Councils
City Councils
Borough Councils
Town Councils
* For 2003 in calculating the receipts (Income) by source percentages the
County Demand figure has been deducted from the expenditure of County
Councils and included in the expenditure of Town Councils.