Clare Councillors have called for shortfalls in government funding to be covered by a rebate on their public insurance.
Local authorities throughout Ireland are among the members of the Irish Public Bodies Insurance company, which has paid out a dividend of almost 230 thuosand euro to Clare County Council.
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It’s now been suggested this be used to bridge the gap in funding left by the Environment Minister’s decision to with-hold almost a quarter of a million euro from it’s allocation of government funding.
In response however, Clare County Council says it has a number of financial shortfalls which need to be addressed.
