Written answers
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Local Authority Funding
3:00 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the value of commercial rates and of local authority development levies; and the value of motor taxation raised in each of the years 2005, 2006 and the estimates for 2007 and 2008 which have been used by his Department in planning the financial demands of the local authority sector. [30484/07]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The information requested in the question is set out, insofar as it is available, in the following table.
The information requested in the question is set out, insofar as it is available, in the table under.
| Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| €M | €M | €M | €M | |
| Commercial Rates | 1,052 | 1,190 | 1,245* | N/A** |
| Development Levies *** | 519 | 671 | N/A | N/A |
| Motor Tax | 800 | 878 | 944**** | N/A |
| *Derived from Local Authority Budgets 2007 | ||||
| **Commercial rates income for 2008 will fall to be settled by local authorities in the context of their 2008 budgets | ||||
| ***Derived from Annual Planning Statistics | ||||
| ****Estimate. Motor tax income to 31 October 2007 was €828m. |
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