Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that would be raised from increasing the non principal private residence tax to €300 [49285/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The Charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. Collection of the Non Principal Private Residence Charge is ongoing for 2012 but, as of 7 November,€68,082,800 has been collected, including late payment fees. Extrapolating from this figure, an increase in the Charge from €200 to €300 might be expected to raise total revenue of the order of €100m over an equivalent period.