Boundary extension may cost county council €19m a year

The proposed deal on the extension of the city boundary will cost Cork County Council up to €19m annually in lost income and will see around 350 of its staff transferred to the city council.

The figures are contained in a document put together by representatives from both local authorities in recent days which is to be passed on to Local Government Minister Eoghan Murphy today and come before Cabinet for approval on Tuesday.

The compromise falls short of the Mackinnon proposals, which if implemented in their entirety would have resulted in the city taking over the rates-rich areas of Little Island and Carrigtwohill. If that had happened the county council would have lost up to €31m annually in income from rates and local property tax.