My first motion at yesterday’s (20th June) MD meeting, ‘That the council alert the Public Participation Network in a timely manner each year re the availability of the discretionary Local Property Tax Fund (LPT) and publishes the LPT allocations for the Kildare-Newbridge Municipal District on its website to let constituents know how their LPT monies are being spent’.

Here is the report issued by Ms S Kavanagh, Director of Service, Economic, Community and Cultural Development;  The distribution of the Local Property Tax (LPT) fund is a matter for the elected members as this is a discretionary fund. If the Municipal District agrees that the Public Participation Network (PPN) should be alerted then this can be arranged. The publication of the allocations is also a matter for the elected members; if the members agree that this should take place then this can be arranged.