Clare County Council recorded a deficit of almost 47 thousand euro last year, despite a 9.4 million euro reduction in government funding.
The local authority’s unaudited financial statement for last year shows the Council received state funding of 66.8 million euro, and that considerable cutbacks have been made in spending – spending on wages fell by 1.3 million euro, but still stands at 40 million euro.
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Meanwhile, despite the ongoing economic crisis and an increase in uncollected rates, last year saw a 10% increase in the level of rates collected – the overall figure stands at 34.5 million euro.
