In 2020 Galway County Council has a budget of €128.1m or €714 per person. This is how they spend it compared to the national average:
VS National Average
Local authority and Traveller housing
€89.73
€407.29
Maintaining local roads, public lighting and parking facilities
€242.99
€229.80
Water supply and waste water management
€72.18
€81.82
Fire services, waste and litter management
€104.55
€157.03
Leisure services and libraries
€49.28
€106.00
Planning, tourism and heritage, and local economic development
€67.97
€100.98
College grants, administration of commercial rates and motor taxes, local representatives'' salaries and expenses
€87.53
€104.80