Council Defends Rates System

Clare County Council has defended its rates base after figures from IBEC suggested that companies here pay for more of the Council's budget than in other nearby counties.

39% of the local authority's funding is provided by rates payers, but the Council says a third of this is from one customer, namely the ESB.

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When this is taken out of the equation, the Council says companies here are paying for 29% of its budget.

It also says that Clare does not receive a Local Government Fund General Purpose Grant allocation as would be the case in other areas.