Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual revenue derived from the non-principal private residence tax in the last year of its operation, before it was replaced by the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33392/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provides the legislative basis for the Non-Principal Private Residence (NPPR) Charge. The NPPR Charge, which has since been discontinued, applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of residence. The self-assessed charge was set at €200 per annum. Under the Act, it is a function of a local authority to collect NPPR Charges, and late payment fees due to it and all Charges and late payment fees imposed and payable to a local authority are under the care and management of the local authority concerned. Proceeds from the charge are retained by local authorities and contribute to the provision of local services.

Based on data provided by the Local Government Management Agency, I am informed that €88,360,652 has been collected from the Charge in 2013.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that would be generated from reintroducing the non-principal private residence charge at the rates of €200; €250; €300; and €350. [33449/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provides the legislative basis for the Non-Principal Private Residence (NPPR) Charge. The NPPR Charge, which has since been discontinued, applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of residence. The self-assessed charge was set at €200 per annum. Under the Act, it is a function of a local authority to collect NPPR Charges, and late payment fees due to it and all Charges and late payment fees imposed and payable to a local authority are under the care and management of the local authority concerned. Proceeds from the charge are retained by local authorities and contribute to the provision of local services.

Based on data provided by the Local Government Management Agency, I am informed that 390,549 properties are registered by their owners as liable for the NPPR Charge for 2013, the last year of the charge.