Fingal County Council · Budget Meeting, County Council - Tuesday, 18th November, 2025 2.00 pm · 18 November 2025
A vote on a motion to amend the draft 2026 budget by reducing income from house rents by €2.7 million and reducing spending by the same amount across capital transfers, housing maintenance, libraries, roads, parks and other services, and to adopt the budget as amended.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
“That the draft 2026 budget as presented be amended as outlined Reduce Division A - Table F income - Rents from Houses Reduce expenditure as outlined below Reduce Capital Transfers F0403 Community Facilities A0101 Maintenance of LA Housing Units F0201 Library Service Operations B0304 Regional Road Bridge Maintenance E0901 Maintenance of Burial Grounds F0504 Heritage/Interpretive Facilities Operations Reduce Programme of Works B0405 Local Roads General Maintenance Works F0301 Parks, Pitches & Open Spaces B0602 Traffic Maintenance B0502 Public Lighting Improvement Total 2,700,000 530,000 530,000 520,000 50,000 50,000 520,000 160,000 145,000 150,000 45,000 2,700,000 and adopt the budget as amended.”
Proposed by Jimmy Guerin; seconded by Tony Murphy.
The minutes record: The Mayor then DECLARED the Motion carried.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fianna Fáil | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Aontú | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| People Before Profit-Solidarity | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Social Democrats | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents 4 Change | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| National Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
None
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.