Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 March 2021
671. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual amount of commercial rates income from each data centre in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14719/21]
View answer672. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual amount of commercial rates income from each wind farm development in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14720/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 671 and 672 together.
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 - 2015. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority and all rates income accrues to the local government sector.
Local authority total gross rates income is reported in the Income and Expenditure Account of their Annual Financial Statements. However, as this data is not categorised by the different types of property used for business purposes, the information requested in relation to the amount of rates contributed by specific business types is not available in my Department.
