Written answers

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Household Charge Collection

Photo of Joe HigginsJoe 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]

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. 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 CouncilTotal Properties RegisteredEstimated No. of Liable propertiesProperties Registered as a % of Liable Properties
Carlow13,93118,25776.30%
Cavan19,09325,61174.55%
Clare36,85045,78680.48%
Cork City31,39941,64975.39%
Cork County106,498143,88774.02%
Donegal43,00665,33165.83%
Dublin City149,485190,68578.39%
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown66,52374,39089.42%
Fingal68,82090,28676.22%
Galway City22,36327,08682.56%
Galway County47,42562,85175.46%
Kerry47,14858,79280.19%
Kildare51,16568,21575.01%
Kilkenny24,00632,06774.86%
Laois18,44326,18570.43%
Leitrim10,31213,06978.90%
Limerick City15,42620,38075.69%
Limerick County35,20546,47375.75%
Longford10,16912,92878.66%
Louth28,26241,17668.64%
Mayo42,96951,36383.66%
Meath42,92560,65270.77%
Monaghan15,13120,17675.00%
North Tipperary19,69524,83979.29%
Offaly17,62725,22469.88%
Roscommon18,99623,88879.52%
Sligo20,30425,28180.31%
South Dublin58,75381,82271.81%
South Tipperary22,90030,36875.41%
Waterford City11,75415,75374.61%
Waterford County18,27624,77773.76%
Westmeath22,45329,87275.16%
Wexford40,82556,03072.86%
Wicklow34,78145,66576.17%
National1,232,9181,620,81476.07%

Photo of Patrick O'DonovanPatrick 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]

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 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 CouncilProperties Registered

31/12/2012
Properties Registered

31/1/2013
Properties Registered

28/2/2013
Properties Registered

31/3/2013
Properties Registered

30/4/2013
Carlow12,43112,87613,11013,26713,636
Cavan17,48317,89118,14718,33818,735
Clare33,57034,20034,91535,46136,231
Cork City28,45228,75129,00129,39230,301
Cork County95,65397,91499,224100,852103,674
Donegal37,29238,42939,65240,22141,616
Dublin City139,856141,425142,126143,744146,992
Dún Laoghaire

-Rathdown
63,84264,42164,67465,08265,878
Fingal63,06864,11564,67365,72067,518
Galway City21,02421,27921,45121,65522,059
Galway County41,99043,59244,69545,26446,537
Kerry43,90944,50245,02545,42246,417
Kildare46,61247,52247,97948,67950,090
Kilkenny21,92722,57422,83023,07923,547
Laois16,67017,13517,41517,62418,022
Leitrim9,2589,4849,6189,77310,035
Limerick City14,29314,42314,58014,85815,245
Limerick County32,18032,87433,23533,71634,543
Longford9,0669,3449,5749,7129,956
Louth25,77626,41926,74327,09127,682
Mayo39,39140,83741,53541,90942,536
Meath39,23940,04440,52041,07442,135
Monaghan14,02314,39714,51914,71014,892
North Tipperary18,29318,62718,83619,12819,419
Offaly15,73616,05816,42616,68017,197
Roscommon16,59317,53018,00318,22818,620
Sligo18,31118,98819,27419,50119,963
South Dublin53,22754,00054,42455,39557,217
South Tipperary21,02721,46721,69921,95122,472
Waterford City10,77410,94211,03711,16311,474
Waterford County16,67716,98417,20417,44617,902
Westmeath20,67021,01121,21521,43322,024
Wexford37,16838,07938,73639,23340,109
Wicklow32,35732,83433,16133,52434,209

Photo of Clare DalyClare 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]

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 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 CouncilRegistered since 26 April 2013
Carlow378
Cavan462
Clare784
Cork City1,352
Cork County3,620
Donegal1,794
Dublin City3,301
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown811
Fingal1,749
Galway City422
Galway County1,187
Kerry957
Kildare1,437
Kilkenny562
Laois524
Leitrim349
Limerick City276
Limerick County855
Longford252
Louth716
Mayo613
Meath1,052
Monaghan277
North Tipperary336
Offaly568
Roscommon430
Sligo449
South Dublin1,944
South Tipperary526
Waterford City354
Waterford County492
Westmeath544
Wexford934
Wicklow752

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