Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the system which will be used for the valuation of land in order to introduce a site valuation tax; the agency which will carry out the valuations as outlined in budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47840/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The renewed Programme for Government contains a commitment to the introduction of a site valuation tax for non agricultural land. The detailed measures required to give effect to a site valuation tax are a matter for consideration by Government, and will be informed by the ongoing work of, and discussions between, the relevant Government Departments and Agencies, including my Department, the Department of Finance, the Revenue Commissioners, the Valuation Office and the Property Registration Authority.

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 290: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local government fund allocation for each local authority in 2010; the additional local government funding for each local authority for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47860/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I assume the question refers to general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund which will total some €870m in 2010. Local Government Fund general purpose grants are my contribution to meet the difference between the cost to local authorities of providing an acceptable level of day to day services and the income available to them from local sources and from specific grants. These grants are allocated having regard to a range of factors including the overall funding available for the grants, the cost to each local authority of providing its services, the income available to each local authority from local sources and specific grants and the need to ensure that each local authority receives a baseline allocation that will provide financial stability.

Local authorities now have access to an additional revenue stream, the €200 non-principal private residence (NPPR) charge, which was not available to them when the 2009 grant allocations were announced. As of 14 December, €53,586,540 has been collected in 2009, all of which, less transaction and administrative costs, accrues to local authorities. The 2010 general purpose grant allocation in respect of each local authority is set out in the table below.