Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the organisations that are subject to global valuation for commercial rate purposes to local authorities; the overall commercial rates paid by each of these organisations in 2011 in each local authority and for the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24164/17]

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 Acts 2001 to 2015.

The Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015 provide for global valuations of public utility undertakings to be carried out by the Valuation Office every five years and entered on the central valuation list by that Office. Eleven public utility undertakings have been designated for such purposes. The Valuation Acts are under the aegis of my colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality. 

Under section 53 of the Valuation Act 2001, as amended by the Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015, I, as Minister, am issued with a certificate by the Commissioner of Valuation in respect of each global valuation.  In respect of the latest five-year cycle of global valuations I have been notified of global valuations in respect of BT Communications (Ireland) Limited, Eircom, Eirgrid, Electricity Supply Board, Gas Networks Ireland, Iarnrod Eireann, Meteor Mobile Communications Limited, RTE Transmission Network Limited, Three Ireland, Virgin Media Ireland Limited, and Vodafone Ireland.

The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority.  The information requested in respect of payment of rates by ratepayers to each local authority is not available in my Department.