Clare County Council claims it’s “not yet known” if the €1.3 million it incurred in costs related to January’s extreme weather will be covered by the Government.
The local authority’s latest financial returns show it spent over €60 million within the first three months of the year including roughly €900,000 in response to events surrounding Storm Éowyn.
€18.4 million was the figure for Clare County Council’s capital expenditure in the first quarter of the year.
This figure relates to money spent on the acquisition of the likes of lands, buildings and equipment.
With the €17.6 million in capital income recorded across this period added to its €48.6 million opening balance, the local authority closed the period with a balance of €47.8 million.
At €9.7 million, the greatest capital cost was housing and building while amounts in excess of €1 million were also spent on road transport and safety, development management and environmental services.
Turning to revenue expenditure, or day-to-day spending, the council spent €191.9 million in the first three months of 2025, with development management accounting for €43.9 million of this.
When it came to income across the period, a figure of €40.6 million was recorded, a whole €11.6 million of which was down to commercial rates revenue.
Clare County Council claims Government debtors have increased by roughly €4.7 million to €38 million which is becoming an “increasing challenge”.
It also claims the resulting costs of Storm Éowyn and other inclement weather in January are estimated at €1.3 million of which €900,000 has been incurred to date.
On this, it says it’s “not yet known what level of funding if any will be made available to local authorities to cover this expenditure”.
