Written answers
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Irish Water
Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Irish Water commercial rates replacement funding given to each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the allocation for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47419/19]
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Section 12 of the Water Services Act 2014 provided that the property of the public water system was not rateable. Prior to this provision, some water assets were valued for rates purposes. Irish Water was therefore not liable to pay rates during the years referred to in the question.
This exemption was ended by section 61 of the Water Services Act 2017, which was commenced with effect from 18 October 2019, and Irish Water will therefore become rateable with effect from 1 January 2020.
In order to ensure that the local authorities were not at a loss as a result of the previous exemption my Department has been recouping local authorities in respect of rates income foregone relating to Irish Water's infrastructure. As Irish Water will become ratable from 1 January 2020 no allocation has been made in Budget 2020 for payment to local authorities in respect of rates income foregone.
The amounts paid to local authorities in respect of rates income foregone is set out in the following table.
| Local Authority | 2015€ | 2016€ | 2017€ | 2018€ | 2019€ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow County Council | 48,862.00 | 49,077.00 | 51,281.00 | 51,281.00 | 51,281.00 |
| Cavan County Council | 27,614.34 | 30,286.29 | 30,739.13 | 33,587.46 | 33,587.46 |
| Clare County Council | 165,023.00 | 165,023.09 | 165,023.09 | 165,023.09 | 165,023.09 |
| Cork City Council | 711,651.00 | 711,650.85 | 720,587.76 | 720,587.76 | 720,587.76 |
| Cork County Council | 1,544,069.00 | 1,544,068.78 | 1,544,068.78 | 1,544,068.78 | 1,544,068.78 |
| Donegal County Council | 350,327.00 | 357,444.28 | 349,900.13 | 366,280.76 | 366,280.76 |
| Dublin City Council | 14,279,146.00 | 14,052,358.16 | 14,448,682.65 | 14,346,704.04 | 14,597,454.76 |
| Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown | 3,333,679.00 | 3,333,679.00 | 3,382,945.00 | 3,434,264.00 | 3,434,264.00 |
| Fingal County Council | 5,248,396.80 | 5,248,540.80 | 5,248,540.80 | 5,357,885.40 | 5,467,230.00 |
| Galway City Council | 98,909.00 | 101,840.74 | 98,909.41 | 98,909.41 | 98,909.41 |
| Galway County Council | 32,783.00 | 34,674.75 | 9,592.62 | 10,088.79 | 10,584.96 |
| Kerry County Council | 253,146.00 | 255,827.10 | 256,910.02 | 257,295.03 | 257,675.97 |
| Kildare County Council | 2,560,744.00 | 2,571,100.68 | 2,575,065.12 | 2,579,029.71 | 2,575,065.12 |
| Kilkenny County Council | 22,346.00 | 23,173.50 | 23,183.77 | 16,495.88 | 498.00 |
| Laois County Council | 75,690.84 | 77,413.23 | 79,735.85 | 79,735.85 | 79,735.83 |
| Leitrim County Council | 21,306.27 | 21,700.29 | 36,733.14 | 53,146.98 | 53,146.98 |
| Limerick City and County Council | 1,948,485.00 | 1,988,101.50 | 2,087,547.00 | 2,123,929.50 | 2,164,354.50 |
| Longford County Council | 78,307.61 | 78,307.63 | 78,307.63 | 78,307.63 | 78,307.63 |
| Louth County Council | 585,784.30 | 586,075.80 | 585,955.47 | 588,721.87 | 584,857.00 |
| Mayo County Council | 201,223.00 | 201,223.46 | 201,223.44 | 216,315.20 | 225,052.40 |
| Meath County Council | 307,713.00 | 308,316.17 | 308,911.97 | 308,911.97 | 308,911.97 |
| Monaghan County Council | 95,995.10 | 11,023.30 | 11,023.30 | 11,660.28 | 11,345.71 |
| Offaly County Council | - | - | - | - | - |
| Roscommon County Council | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sligo County Council | 132,440.66 | 132,440.66 | 132,922.76 | 138,325.19 | 138,325.19 |
| South Dublin County Council | 6,852,495.00 | 6,852,495.00 | 6,852,495.00 | 6,852,495.00 | 6,852,495.00 |
| Tipperary County Council | 426,232.69 | 427,133.63 | 427,133.63 | 427,133.63 | 427,133.63 |
| Waterford City and County Council | 4,503,996.00 | 4,478,796.00 | 4,478,796.00 | 4,590,765.90 | 4,590,767.00 |
| Westmeath County Council | 68,986.30 | 68,942.36 | 68,942.36 | 68,942.36 | 68,942.36 |
| Wexford County Council | 129,296.00 | 129,296.04 | 129,296.04 | 135,702.31 | 135,702.31 |
| Wicklow County Council | 2,240,402.00 | 2,182,361.34 | 2,182,361.34 | 2,156,529.33 | 2,138,070.23 |
| Total | 46,345,049.91 | 46,022,371.43 | 46,566,814.21 | 46,812,124.11 | 47,179,658.81 |
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