Grants To Local Authorities (Ireland)

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asked the Chief Secretary if he will explain the fact disclosed in a recent Return of deductions made from the normal annual Grants to local authorities in Ireland, which deductions have to be made good out of the rates, that the deductions under Section 58 (5) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, amounted in 1911 to £48,189 12s. 10d., as compared with no deduction in previous years; and if he will now state the amount of each deduction made in the current financial year from each of the Grants normally due to each of those authorities, and the total for the whole of Ireland?

The deductions in 1910–11 under Section 58 (5) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, amounted to £47,189 12s. 10d., not £48,189 12s. 10d., as stated in the question. There were no similar deductions in previous years, inasmuch as the income of the Local Taxation Account, established under this Section, was sufficient to meet the liabilities of the account.The following statement shows the Abatements, Deductions, or Stoppages during the year ending 31st March, 1913, from Grants payable to Local Authorities in Ireland:—

Estate or Death Duty Grant:	£	s.	d.
Net Deduction for Land Purchase Liability	15,799	17	8
Stoppages under Section 80 (2) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, for police charges	20,236	2	1
	£36,035	19	9

Agricultural Grant:	£	s.	d.
Stoppages under Section 80 (2) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, for police charges	747	1	10
Medical and Educational Expenditure in Unions:
Abatements under Section 6 (1) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1902	9,349	5	10
Abatements under Section 58 (5) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898	8,995	17	10
Stoppages under Section 80 (2) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, for police charges	4,534	2	7
	£22,879	6	3

Salaries paid to Sanitary	£	s.	d.
Officers in Rural and Urban Districts:
Abatements under Section 6 (1) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1902	3,528	14	4
Abatements under Section 58 (5) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898	1,881	10	2
Stoppages under Section 80 (2) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, for police charges	1,635	19	5
	£7,046	3	11

Motor Car Licence Duties:	£	s.	d.
Stoppages under Section 80 (2) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, for police charges	17	13	6

Pauper Lunatic Grant:	£	s.	d.
Abatements under Section 58 (5) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898	21,167	5	2
Stoppages under Section 80 (2) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898, for police charges	18,260	10	6
	£39,427	15	8

Excess of Railway or Harbour Charges:
Abatements under Section 58 (5) of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898	£1,353	7	4

Volume 50: debated on Thursday 20 March 1913