Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

National Oversight Audit Commission’s 2021 Annual Report: Discussion

Mr. Ciar?n Hayes:

From 2014 to 2017 and in 2018 there was a consistent increase in rates collection across the country. There was a consistent and deep effort on behalf of the entire sector to increase the percentage collection. If my memory serves me correctly it increased to 83% or 84% collection from a low of somewhere in the seventies. Perhaps Ms Gavin can clarify that figure. Covid hit in 2020 and had a serious impact, on vacant properties as well. From a maintenance point of view we could not go into houses and equally, from a rates point of view-----