Written answers

Monday, 11 September 2017

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Local Authority Rates

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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2074. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the collection rates for commercial rates by each local authority; the amounts collected in the last year for which figures are available in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38965/17]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, 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 pursuant to the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. The annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is applied to the valuation of each property determined by the Valuation Office, to obtain the amount payable in rates, is decided by the elected members of each local authority in the annual budget and its determination is a reserved function. Rates income is a very important contribution to the cost of services provided by local authorities such as roads, public lighting, development control, parks and open spaces.

The latest available audited information relates to 2015 and the table below sets out the percentage and amount collected by each local authority.

Local Authority 2015 % Collected €
Carlow 84% 11,350,009
Cavan 82% 11,943,256
Clare 82% 36,985,564
Cork City 78% 61,224,285
Cork 86% 119,163,164
Donegal 63% 24,692,578
Dublin 88% 314,107,645
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 85% 77,695,710
Fingal 96% 115,423,490
Galway City 72% 31,941,718
Galway 81% 21,571,674
Kerry 80% 33,518,689
Kildare 82% 50,938,296
Kilkenny 92% 15,877,981
Laois 75% 9,898,811
Leitrim 79% 4,226,300
Limerick 75% 51,391,697
Longford 82% 6,396,247
Louth 60% 25,578,002
Mayo 80% 19,729,275
Meath 85% 29,289,390
Monaghan 77% 10,523,911
Offaly 85% 11,463,251
Roscommon 93% 8,751,416
Sligo 74% 10,608,718
South Dublin 81% 107,685,870
Tipperary 78% 26,063,250
Waterford 79% 29,521,260
Westmeath 79% 12,706,214
Wexford 75% 27,447,399
Wicklow 76% 26,778,891
Total €1,344,493,961

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