Written answers
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Household Charge Collection
Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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441. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households broken down by local authority area that have currently registered for the household charge; the total number of households broken down by local authority area targeted by the Local Government Management Authority for registration for the household charge; if he will provide a breakdown of figures of those households that have registered for the household tax between those that are the registrations of single home owners and those that form part of multiple registrations by the same owner. [22663/13]
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. I understand from data provided by the Agency that as of 13 May 2013 the number of registrations, including waiver registrations, for the Household Charge is 1,232,918. I understand, again from data provided by the Agency , that as of 13 May 2013 the number of owners that have registered multiple properties for the Household Charge is 123,454. These numbers should not be regarded as definitive, as multiple accounts in relation to separate properties may be created by an owner.
The table details the total number of properties 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 | Total Properties Registered | Estimated No. of Liable properties | Properties Registered as a % of Liable Properties |
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Carlow | 13,931 | 18,257 | 76.30% |
Cavan | 19,093 | 25,611 | 74.55% |
Clare | 36,850 | 45,786 | 80.48% |
Cork City | 31,399 | 41,649 | 75.39% |
Cork County | 106,498 | 143,887 | 74.02% |
Donegal | 43,006 | 65,331 | 65.83% |
Dublin City | 149,485 | 190,685 | 78.39% |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 66,523 | 74,390 | 89.42% |
Fingal | 68,820 | 90,286 | 76.22% |
Galway City | 22,363 | 27,086 | 82.56% |
Galway County | 47,425 | 62,851 | 75.46% |
Kerry | 47,148 | 58,792 | 80.19% |
Kildare | 51,165 | 68,215 | 75.01% |
Kilkenny | 24,006 | 32,067 | 74.86% |
Laois | 18,443 | 26,185 | 70.43% |
Leitrim | 10,312 | 13,069 | 78.90% |
Limerick City | 15,426 | 20,380 | 75.69% |
Limerick County | 35,205 | 46,473 | 75.75% |
Longford | 10,169 | 12,928 | 78.66% |
Louth | 28,262 | 41,176 | 68.64% |
Mayo | 42,969 | 51,363 | 83.66% |
Meath | 42,925 | 60,652 | 70.77% |
Monaghan | 15,131 | 20,176 | 75.00% |
North Tipperary | 19,695 | 24,839 | 79.29% |
Offaly | 17,627 | 25,224 | 69.88% |
Roscommon | 18,996 | 23,888 | 79.52% |
Sligo | 20,304 | 25,281 | 80.31% |
South Dublin | 58,753 | 81,822 | 71.81% |
South Tipperary | 22,900 | 30,368 | 75.41% |
Waterford City | 11,754 | 15,753 | 74.61% |
Waterford County | 18,276 | 24,777 | 73.76% |
Westmeath | 22,453 | 29,872 | 75.16% |
Wexford | 40,825 | 56,030 | 72.86% |
Wicklow | 34,781 | 45,665 | 76.17% |
National | 1,232,918 | 1,620,814 | 76.07% |
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the numbers in tabular form by county who have paid the household charge on each of these dates, 31 December 2012, 31 January 2013, 28 February 2013, 31 March 2013 and 30 April 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22691/13]
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 following table details the properties registered for the Household Charge, including waiver registrations, by local authority area on 31 December 2012, 31 January 2013, 28 February 2013, 31 March 2013 and on 30 April 2013. 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 data in the table is minimal.
County/City Council | Properties Registered 31/12/2012 | Properties Registered 31/1/2013 | Properties Registered 28/2/2013 | Properties Registered 31/3/2013 | Properties Registered 30/4/2013 |
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Carlow | 12,431 | 12,876 | 13,110 | 13,267 | 13,636 |
Cavan | 17,483 | 17,891 | 18,147 | 18,338 | 18,735 |
Clare | 33,570 | 34,200 | 34,915 | 35,461 | 36,231 |
Cork City | 28,452 | 28,751 | 29,001 | 29,392 | 30,301 |
Cork County | 95,653 | 97,914 | 99,224 | 100,852 | 103,674 |
Donegal | 37,292 | 38,429 | 39,652 | 40,221 | 41,616 |
Dublin City | 139,856 | 141,425 | 142,126 | 143,744 | 146,992 |
Dún Laoghaire -Rathdown | 63,842 | 64,421 | 64,674 | 65,082 | 65,878 |
Fingal | 63,068 | 64,115 | 64,673 | 65,720 | 67,518 |
Galway City | 21,024 | 21,279 | 21,451 | 21,655 | 22,059 |
Galway County | 41,990 | 43,592 | 44,695 | 45,264 | 46,537 |
Kerry | 43,909 | 44,502 | 45,025 | 45,422 | 46,417 |
Kildare | 46,612 | 47,522 | 47,979 | 48,679 | 50,090 |
Kilkenny | 21,927 | 22,574 | 22,830 | 23,079 | 23,547 |
Laois | 16,670 | 17,135 | 17,415 | 17,624 | 18,022 |
Leitrim | 9,258 | 9,484 | 9,618 | 9,773 | 10,035 |
Limerick City | 14,293 | 14,423 | 14,580 | 14,858 | 15,245 |
Limerick County | 32,180 | 32,874 | 33,235 | 33,716 | 34,543 |
Longford | 9,066 | 9,344 | 9,574 | 9,712 | 9,956 |
Louth | 25,776 | 26,419 | 26,743 | 27,091 | 27,682 |
Mayo | 39,391 | 40,837 | 41,535 | 41,909 | 42,536 |
Meath | 39,239 | 40,044 | 40,520 | 41,074 | 42,135 |
Monaghan | 14,023 | 14,397 | 14,519 | 14,710 | 14,892 |
North Tipperary | 18,293 | 18,627 | 18,836 | 19,128 | 19,419 |
Offaly | 15,736 | 16,058 | 16,426 | 16,680 | 17,197 |
Roscommon | 16,593 | 17,530 | 18,003 | 18,228 | 18,620 |
Sligo | 18,311 | 18,988 | 19,274 | 19,501 | 19,963 |
South Dublin | 53,227 | 54,000 | 54,424 | 55,395 | 57,217 |
South Tipperary | 21,027 | 21,467 | 21,699 | 21,951 | 22,472 |
Waterford City | 10,774 | 10,942 | 11,037 | 11,163 | 11,474 |
Waterford County | 16,677 | 16,984 | 17,204 | 17,446 | 17,902 |
Westmeath | 20,670 | 21,011 | 21,215 | 21,433 | 22,024 |
Wexford | 37,168 | 38,079 | 38,736 | 39,233 | 40,109 |
Wicklow | 32,357 | 32,834 | 33,161 | 33,524 | 34,209 |
Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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443. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline on a local authority basis, the number of persons that have paid the household charge since 26 April 2013. [22711/13]
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 following table, based on data provided by the Agency, details the total number of properties registered , including waiver registrations, for the Household Charge since 26 April 2013 (inclusive) by local authority area, as of 13 May 2013 .
County/City Council | Registered since 26 April 2013 |
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Carlow | 378 |
Cavan | 462 |
Clare | 784 |
Cork City | 1,352 |
Cork County | 3,620 |
Donegal | 1,794 |
Dublin City | 3,301 |
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | 811 |
Fingal | 1,749 |
Galway City | 422 |
Galway County | 1,187 |
Kerry | 957 |
Kildare | 1,437 |
Kilkenny | 562 |
Laois | 524 |
Leitrim | 349 |
Limerick City | 276 |
Limerick County | 855 |
Longford | 252 |
Louth | 716 |
Mayo | 613 |
Meath | 1,052 |
Monaghan | 277 |
North Tipperary | 336 |
Offaly | 568 |
Roscommon | 430 |
Sligo | 449 |
South Dublin | 1,944 |
South Tipperary | 526 |
Waterford City | 354 |
Waterford County | 492 |
Westmeath | 544 |
Wexford | 934 |
Wicklow | 752 |
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