Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 319: 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 2006, 2007 and a forecast for year end 2008, which have been used by his Department in planning the financial demands of the local authority sector. [34114/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The information relating to the value of commercial rates and motor taxation is set out in the following table.

My Department has no role in forecasting the annual development contributions income across local authorities. Details of individual development contribution schemes are available directly from each planning authority. Each planning authority is also required to include details of contributions received and contributions owing to it, together with information on how the contributions have been expended, in the statutory annual report of the authority.

My Department's Annual Planning Statistics for 2006, which gives an unaudited breakdown of Development Contribution income for Local Authorities, are available on my Department's website, www.environ.ie. The 2007 Annual Planning Statistics are currently being finalised and I expect to make them available on my Department's website within two weeks.