Sinead O'Gorman

Responsibility at Head of Business Unit level for the Local Government Finance Unit. This unit seeks to ensure that the finances of local authorities are on a sustainable footing and that the local government sector has an appropriately structured funding system to meet existing and emerging challenges.

This includes management of the Local Property Tax allocations, the Local Government Fund and Commercial Rates policy.

The unit also has responsibility for the local government accounting framework, quarterly financial reporting on Local Authorities to the CSO and Department of Finance and oversight of local government sector borrowing.