Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocations of local property tax to each local authority in 2020; the estimated yield; the allocation post variation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34058/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Local Property Tax (LPT) is administered and collected by the Revenue Commissioners and is remitted into the Local Government Fund. The Revenue Commissioners publish detailed information on LPT collected annually, broken down by local authority, on its website at the following web link:

The current local retention regime for LPT began in 2015 and since then 80% of the estimated LPT liability in each local authority area for a given year is retained in that area to fund public services, notwithstanding any local variation decisions. The remaining 20% of LPT is re-distributed to provide equalisation funding to those local authorities that have lower property tax bases, due to the variance in property values and density across the country. Detailed information on the LPT retention system, including equalisation funding and allocations is published by my Department on an annual basis and is available at the following link: