Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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215. To ask the Minister for Finance the total yield for local property tax by local authority for 2021 and to date in 2022; the difference in the number of properties included between each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47899/22]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that a breakdown of Local Property Tax (LPT) collected for the year 2021 is available in the LPT annual report available at: www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/local-property-tax/lpt-stats/end-of-year-reports/local-property-tax-2021.aspx.

Information in respect of the yield for 2022 is updated regularly at www.revenue.ie/en/corporate/information-about-revenue/statistics/local-property-tax/lpt-stats-2022/index.aspx.

The LPT yield is estimated to be €490 million for the year 2022, when all payments have been received. This estimate is provisional and likely to be revised.

A breakdown of properties for the years 2021 and 2022 is provided below. The figures provided include exempt/deferred properties, new and rolled forward payment instructions, Local Authority owned properties and properties where mandatory deduction at source is in place.

The Deputy may wish to note that, in line with the Programme for Government commitment, the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Act 2021 provided for a number of changes to LPT, which took effect for 2022, including reducing the rate of the tax and widening the bands to make the changes affordable for most homeowners; ending a number of exemptions from the tax; and bringing properties that were previously exempt or falling outside the tax into scope.