Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael)
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116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline in tabular form the details of the arrears of commercial rates owed to Louth County Council in Dundalk, Ardee and Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11032/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes, in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority.

Rates income data are published by local authorities in their Annual Financial Statements. 2014 is the latest year for which audited local authority Annual Financial Statement data are available. These are published as a matter of course on local authority websites.

The value of commercial rates outstanding to Louth County Council at 31 December 2014, sourced from audited Annual Financial Statements, was €18,376,977. The information requested in relation to Dundalk, Ardee and Drogheda is not available in my Department.