A related pensions levy brings this figure to €9.5 million
The city council’s tenants provide an 8 per cent contribution to the funding of services.
The Department of the Environment increased its allocation to the council by 3.72 per cent. This makes the 2013 figure similar to the allocation from central government in 2011.
City manager, Conn Murray said that it is “uncertain at this stage what impact the introduction of the Property Tax in the second half of the year will have on Local Government funding into the future.
The council won’t know what its allocation of finding for road grants is until the new year, but the Mr Murray is not optimistic, pointing to year on year declines since 2009.
“It’s unclear what the allocation for 2013 will be, as the road grants allocation is notified in the 1st quarter of each year. Any further reductions will impact on the roads programme during 2013,” he said.