Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue collected from the payment of development levies, by county council, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15735/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Development contributions allow local authorities to recoup some of the costs to public funds of servicing land for private development. They provide a mechanism by which developers can contribute to the cost of providing public infrastructure and facilities that benefit development in the area. The payment of development contributions is a long-standing part of the planning system, dating back to the first Local Government (Planning and Development) Act in 1963. Since the Planning and Development Act 2000, each planning authority is required to have a development contribution scheme in place, setting out how development contributions are to be applied in their area and outlining the major infrastructure projects to be funded by contributions received. While information on the revenue collected by county councils from the payment of development levies is not available in my Department and is not separately recorded in the Annual Financial Statements of the local authorities, the majority of income and expenditure, including data on current and long-term development contribution debtors, is reported on an accruals basis in their Annual Financial Statements.