Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide separately for each local authority the average local property tax amount paid within that local authority area in 2013. [49033/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that compliance data for the Local Property Tax (LPT) for 2013 are compiled on the basis of the numbers of properties and are available broken down by city and county councils nationally. The most up to date figures are published on the Commissioners website at: .

The Commissioners have confirmed that data on the average LPT amount paid within each local authority area in 2013 are not currently available. However, the published data include information on the distribution of properties across the 20 valuation bands which may be of interest to the Deputy. The figures show that, based on returns filed to date, over half of all properties nationally had a declared valuation of €150,000 or less, equating to a half-year charge of either €45 or €112 for 2013. Furthermore, almost 22% of properties were valued at between €150,001 and €200,000, which equates to a half-year charge of €157.

The Commissioners have advised that work is on-going to refine the LPT Register and more detailed and up-to-date data will be published in due course. The Deputy will be aware that the Pay and File campaign for LPT 2014 in underway and this is Revenue’s current priority in relation to LPT.

I am further advised that by the end of October 2013 approximately €215m had been transferred by Revenue to the Exchequer in respect of LPT.