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Thursday, 31 January 2013

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Household Charge Collection

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households estimated to be liable for the household charge in each county; the number who have paid; the percentage paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5054/13]

Photo of Phil HoganPhil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provides the legislative basis for the Household Charge. Under the Act, an owner of a residential property on the liability date is liable to pay the Household Charge, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. It is a matter for an owner of a residential property to determine liability and pay the Charge. The Local Government Management Agency is administering the Household Charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils.

The attached table details, as of 28 January 2013, the total number of payments and waivers registered for the Household Charge by local authority area, the number of estimated liable properties, and the percentage of the properties registered per estimated number of liable properties.

County/City
Council
Properties registered (paid)
Properties registered (waivers)
Total Properties
Registered
Estimated
No.
of Liable
properties
Properties Registered
as a %
of Liable
Properties
Carlow
12,515
322
12,837
18,257
70.31%
Cavan
16,683
1,153
17,836
25,611
69.64%
Clare
33,675
439
34,114
45,786
74.51%
Cork City
28,546
176
28,722
41,649
68.96%
Cork County
94,988
2,644
97,632
143,887
67.85%
Donegal
37,689
547
38,236
65,331
58.53%
Dublin City
140,046
1,212
141,258
190,685
74.08%
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
63,981
406
64,387
74,390
86.55%
Fingal
61,707
2,309
64,016
90,286
70.90%
Galway City
21,191
59
21,250
27,086
78.45%
Galway County
42,541
747
43,288
62,851
68.87%
Kerry
44,079
330
44,409
58,792
75.54%
Kildare
45,623
1,786
47,409
68,215
69.50%
Kilkenny
21,973
535
22,508
32,067
70.19%
Laois
16,717
376
17,093
26,185
65.28%
Leitrim
9,243
204
9,447
13,069
72.29%
Limerick City
14,187
226
14,413
20,380
70.72%
Limerick County
32,065
714
32,779
46,473
70.53%
Longford
8,709
601
9,310
12,928
72.01%
Louth
25,329
1,018
26,347
41,176
63.99%
Mayo
39,721
998
40,719
51,363
79.28%
Meath
38,955
992
39,947
60,652
65.86%
Monaghan
14,075
294
14,369
20,176
71.22%
North Tipperary
18,043
536
18,579
24,839
74.80%
Offaly
15,603
413
16,016
25,224
63.50%
Roscommon
17,023
427
17,450
23,888
73.05%
Sligo
18,623
286
18,909
25,281
74.80%
South Dublin
53,528
414
53,942
81,822
65.93%
South Tipperary
21,100
327
21,427
30,368
70.56%
Waterford City
10,749
168
10,917
15,753
69.30%
Waterford County
16,781
157
16,938
24,777
68.36%
Westmeath
20,593
370
20,963
29,872
70.18%
Wexford
36,647
1,273
37,920
56,030
67.68%
Wicklow
32,294
495
32,789
45,665
71.80%
National
1,125,222
22,954
1,148,176
1,620,814
70.84%

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