Written answers
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Household Charge Collection
Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline, on a local authority basis, the compliance rate for payment of the household tax per month since November 2012. [19188/13]
Phil 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 the properties registered for the Household Charge , including waiver registrations, by local authority area on 30 November 2012, 31 December 2012 , 31 January 2013, 28 February 2013, 31 March 2013 and on 19 April 2013, expressed as a percentage of the number of estimated liable properties.
I am advised by the Agency that due to relatively low volumes, waiver details are not automatically extracted on a daily basis and the numbers of waivers cannot be retrospectively generated once a date has passed. Therefore, in assembling the table, the figure for the number of waivers for some dates has been estimated by the Agency using the closest available date for which waiver figures are recorded. Given the low number of waivers as a proportion of the total number of properties registered, the impact on the attached table is likely to be minimal, if any.
County/City Council | Estimated No. of Liable Properties | Properties Registered as a % of Liable Properties 30/11/2012 | Properties Registered as a % of Liable Properties 31/12/2012 | Properties Registered as a % of Liable Properties 31/1/2013 | Properties Registered as a % of Liable Properties 28/2/2013 | Properties Registered as a % of Liable Properties 31/3/2013 | Properties Registered as a % of Liable Properties 19/4/2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 18,257 | 66.20% | 68.10% | 70.50% | 71.80% | 72.70% | 73.60% |
| Cavan | 25,611 | 67.20% | 68.30% | 69.90% | 70.90% | 71.60% | 72.30% |
| Clare | 45,786 | 72.10% | 73.30% | 74.70% | 76.30% | 77.40% | 78.30% |
| Cork City | 41,649 | 67.50% | 68.30% | 69.00% | 69.60% | 70.60% | 71.70% |
| Cork County | 143,887 | 64.70% | 66.50% | 68.00% | 69.00% | 70.10% | 70.90% |
| Donegal | 65,331 | 55.30% | 57.10% | 58.80% | 60.70% | 61.60% | 62.50% |
| Dublin City | 190,685 | 72.60% | 73.30% | 74.20% | 74.50% | 75.40% | 76.10% |
| Dún Laoghaire -Rathdown | 74,390 | 85.20% | 85.80% | 86.60% | 86.90% | 87.50% | 88.00% |
| Fingal | 90,286 | 68.80% | 69.90% | 71.00% | 71.60% | 72.80% | 73.70% |
| Galway City | 27,086 | 74.50% | 77.60% | 78.60% | 79.20% | 79.90% | 80.70% |
| Galway County | 62,851 | 66.40% | 66.80% | 69.40% | 71.10% | 72.00% | 73.10% |
| Kerry | 58,792 | 73.90% | 74.70% | 75.70% | 76.60% | 77.30% | 78.20% |
| Kildare | 68,215 | 67.20% | 68.30% | 69.70% | 70.30% | 71.40% | 72.30% |
| Kilkenny | 32,067 | 66.70% | 68.40% | 70.40% | 71.20% | 72.00% | 72.80% |
| Laois | 26,185 | 62.80% | 63.70% | 65.40% | 66.50% | 67.30% | 68.10% |
| Leitrim | 13,069 | 70.20% | 70.80% | 72.60% | 73.60% | 74.80% | 75.70% |
| Limerick City | 20,380 | 69.40% | 70.10% | 70.80% | 71.50% | 72.90% | 73.80% |
| Limerick County | 46,473 | 68.30% | 69.20% | 70.70% | 71.50% | 72.50% | 73.40% |
| Longford | 12,928 | 67.90% | 70.10% | 72.30% | 74.10% | 75.10% | 76.20% |
| Louth | 41,176 | 61.30% | 62.60% | 64.20% | 64.90% | 65.80% | 66.50% |
| Mayo | 51,363 | 75.40% | 76.70% | 79.50% | 80.90% | 81.60% | 82.10% |
| Meath | 60,652 | 63.10% | 64.70% | 66.00% | 66.80% | 67.70% | 68.50% |
| Monaghan | 20,176 | 68.80% | 69.50% | 71.40% | 72.00% | 72.90% | 73.40% |
| North Tipperary | 24,839 | 72.80% | 73.60% | 75.00% | 75.80% | 77.00% | 77.60% |
| Offaly | 25,224 | 60.20% | 62.40% | 63.70% | 65.10% | 66.10% | 67.10% |
| Roscommon | 23,888 | 67.50% | 69.50% | 73.40% | 75.40% | 76.30% | 77.30% |
| Sligo | 25,281 | 70.50% | 72.40% | 75.10% | 76.20% | 77.10% | 78.20% |
| South Dublin | 81,822 | 64.00% | 65.10% | 66.00% | 66.50% | 67.70% | 68.80% |
| South Tipperary | 30,368 | 68.30% | 69.20% | 70.70% | 71.50% | 72.30% | 73.20% |
| Waterford City | 15,753 | 67.70% | 68.40% | 69.50% | 70.10% | 70.90% | 71.70% |
| Waterford County | 24,777 | 66.50% | 67.30% | 68.50% | 69.40% | 70.40% | 71.30% |
| Westmeath | 29,872 | 68.40% | 69.20% | 70.30% | 71.00% | 71.70% | 72.90% |
| Wexford | 56,030 | 65.50% | 66.30% | 68.00% | 69.10% | 70.00% | 70.80% |
| Wicklow | 45,665 | 70.20% | 70.90% | 71.90% | 72.60% | 73.40% | 74.10% |
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