Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 16 June 2011, the local authorities currently offering the facility for businesses to pay their rates by direct debit; the local authorities that currently allow businesses to pay their rates in weekly and or monthly instalments; the piece or pieces of legislation that provide for the collection of local authority rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16888/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Local authority rates are legally payable in two moieties. However, local authorities also facilitate the payment of rates by instalments, including by direct debit, standing order, cheque and cash. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority and this would include the arrangements for ratepayers in making payment by instalments. In this regard, ratepayers experiencing difficulty in the payment of rates should contact their rating authority in the matter. The law on the collection and levying of rates is contained in the statutory framework comprehending a number of pieces of legislation, as follows: