Leitrim County Council approves a €69.7m budget for 2027

Leitrim County Council at it’s Annual Budget meeting on November 9th adopted a revenue budget with projected expenditure of €69.7m to underpin the delivery of a wide range of services and initiatives for the County in 2027. The Council also adopted an ambitious 6-year Capital Investment Programme, with total projected capital expenditure of €763m.

The adopted Budget and Capital Investment Programme reflect the Corporate Plan goals of: Growing our Businesses and Economy; Sustaining our communities; Enriching our Places and Environment and Enhancing our Organisation. Key areas for investment include economic development and regeneration, housing maintenance, tourism and promotion of the County, Heritage, Culture and the Arts, enhancing our towns and villages, Climate Action and Environment, ICT and cyber security, governance, and organisational development.

The framing of the Capital Investment Programme aims to build on the growth trajectory achieved for the County. The County is increasingly recognised as a vibrant, well-presented and pleasant location to live, work, invest and visit with an excellent profile of businesses and strong award-winning communities.

The Chief Executive of the Council, Joseph Gilhooly outlined that “This budget is prudently framed, in the face of ongoing financial challenges, to ensure that the organisation is equipped to address operational challenges, while supporting the strategic development of the county through the delivery of our ambitious 6-year Capital Investment Programme. Leitrim County Council must continue to play a lead role in driving the progression of the County if our core vision of an ambitious, thriving, vibrant, sustainable, and connected Leitrim with opportunity for everyone, is to be achieved. A central pillar to our ambition is the continued delivery of the Councils multi-annual capital investment programme. It is positive to see that opportunities to continue to secure funding inputs of scale for worthwhile projects and investments in the County remains very real. This Local Authority will strive to continue accessing such funding opportunities to achieve our mission of an ambitious, thriving, vibrant, sustainable, and connected Leitrim with opportunity for everyone”

The Cathaoirleach of Leitrim County Council Cllr Mary Bohan welcomed both the annual budget and capital investment programme stating: “I welcome the ongoing ambition of the Council to develop and promote County Leitrim, as demonstrated by the 6-year Capital Investment programme. The budget and the Capital Investment programme place this Council on a sound financial footing. The Capital Investment Programme has been a feature of Budgets in Leitrim over the past number of years, and the delivery of the programme to date has enhanced the competitiveness of the county, while adding real value to the lives of our citizens. I look forward to the continued success of the programme over the coming years.”