Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the commercial rate payable in tabular form for each of the following, county councils, city councils and town councils; the average rate for each county including city and town councils where applicable; the average rate for all county and city and town councils in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48294/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Local authorities have a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority.

The Annual Rate on Valuation (ARV) is decided by the elected members of each local authority in the annual budget and its determination is a reserved function. The ARV is applied to the valuation of each property determined by the Valuation Office and set out in the valuation lists in order to obtain the amount payable in rates. My Department does not hold information on the value of individual properties in each local authority area. The 2012 Annual Rate on Valuation in respect of each local authority is set out in the following table.