Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
11:20 am
Ms Geraldine Tallon:
The Deputy will appreciate there has been something of a decline in revenue collection in local authorities given the current difficult circumstances. Rates tend to be an indicator of the health in the economy and the ability to pay in that area is something of an indicator as well. In 2007 the commercial rates collection percentages-----