Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 29 Mar 1960

Vol. 180 No. 9

Written Answers. - Rates Struck Since 1957.

40.

Mr. M.J. O'Higgins

asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the amount of the rate struck by each local authority in each year from 1957 to date.

Mr. Blaney

Following is the information:—

Local Authority	Rate in £ struck by local authorities for year ended 31st March.
1957	1958	1959	1960
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
County Councils:
Carlow	31	6.00	29	6.00	30	6.30	33	6.00
Cavan	35	6.00	36	6.00	37	6.00	39	0.00
Clare	37	10.00	38	9.75	39	6.00	39	9.00
Cork North	37	11.75	39	0.21	38	5.60	42	4.87
Cork South	38	1.07	38	11.13	37	7.25	40	2.90
Cork West	35	2.45	35	7.63	35	4.97	39	7.25
Donegal	42	11.00	44	10.45	45	6.00	48	3.37
Dublin:
Balrothery	34	1.00	33	8.00	33	3.00	33	10.00
Dublin	35	3.00	34	8.00	34	4.00	34	5.00
Rathdown	34	0.00	33	6.00	33	2.00	33	9.00
Galway	45	8.25	45	8.75	46	9.50	47	4.50
Kerry	51	3.76	46	9.25	47	1.07	51	2.48
Kildare	34	3.00	34	0.00	34	0.14	35	0.10
Kilkenny	30	6.00	30	9.47	31	5.48	31	8.58
Laoighis	35	7.00	35	3.00	35	0.00	35	2.00
Leitrim	39	0.00	39	0.00	39	11.93	40	8.27
Limerick	31	0.50	31	0.25	32	0.63	33	0.17
Longford	39	6.00	40	0.00	44	0.00	46	0.00
Louth	35	5.00	34	1.50	35	1.00	36	0.50
Mayo	42	0.00	43	3.00	43	3.00	45	0.00
Meath	22	0.00	24	3.25	24	9.75	25	10.0
Monaghan	33	0.00	33	0.25	33	1.00	33	9.75
Offaly	37	1.67	36	7.69	37	3.12	37	9.00
Roscommon	38	0.00	38	9.00	39	5.00	39	8.56
Sligo	35	11.00	35	11.60	37	2.36	38	2.00
Tipperary N.R.	36	8.00	37	4.50	37	11.50	38	4.25
Tipperary S.R.	31	7.70	32	9.62	33	4.92	33	4.21
Waterford	38	9.00	38	9.00	39	0.50	40	9.16
Westmeath	32	7.00	34	6.00	35	0.00	35	0.00
Wexford	30	5.00	31	0.25	31	3.50	32	9.25
Wicklow	34	1.69	34	2.18	34	2.48	35	8.38
County Borough Corporations:
Cork	49	9.00	50	6.00	50	0.00	50	6.00
Dublin	39	6.00	37	5.00	38	6.00	39	4.00
Limerick	45	4.50	46	4.00	48	4.00	48	9.00
Waterford	42	6.00	42	6.00	44	0.00	46	10.00
Urban District and Borough Councils:
An Uaimh	34	0.00	34	6.00	35	6.00	35	6.00
Arklow	44	4.00	43	9.00	44	8.00	44	8.00
Athlone	41	0.00	40	0.00	41	6.00	41	6.00
Athy	37	0.00	37	0.00	37	0.00	37	0.00
Ballina	43	6.00	46	6.00	46	6.00	44	9.84
Ballinasloe	46	6.00	46	6.00	47	9.00	47	9.00
Birr	35	6.00	35	6.00	35	6.00	35	6.00
Bray	35	11.00	35	9.00	35	4.00	35	8.00
Buncrana	31	10.00	33	6.00	38	0.00	41	3.00
Bundoran	40	0.00	40	6.00	42	6.00	43	4.00
Carlow	41	3.00	42	9.00	42	6.00	45	0.00
Carrickmacross	33	4.00	37	6.00	38	3.00	39	0.00
Carrick-on-Suir	37	0.00	37	0.00	38	0.00	38	0.00
Cashel	39	5.00	40	0.00	42	6.00	45	0.00
Castlebar	42	0.00	44	11.00	50	0.00	49	0.00
Castleblayney	30	6.00	35	7.00	39	0.00	35	2.00
Cavan	41	0.00	40	0.00	40	0.00	39	6.00
Ceanannus Mór	23	0.00	24	0.00	27	0.00	27	0.00
Clonakilty	30	0.00	30	0.00	32	0.00	32	0.00
Clones	33	0.00	32	0.00	33	0.00	32	9.00
Clonmel	37	0.00	40	0.00	39	0.00	40	0.00
Cobh	30	8.00	36	4.00	36	4.00	38	0.00
Drogheda	38	10.00	36	11.00	39	0.00	39	0.00
Dundalk	40	7.00	40	1.00	41	5.00	44	8.50
Dungarvan	43	0.00	42	7.00	43	0.00	44	10.00
Dún Laoghaire	35	1.00	34	2.00	34	8.00	36	2.00
Ennis	45	0.00	44	9.00	44	6.00	44	0.00
Enniscorthy	36	9.00	36	0.00	35	11.00	36	2.00
Fermoy	36	3.00	36	8.00	36	8.00	39	8.00
Galway	44	5.00	45	10.00	48	1.00	47	6.00
Kilkenny	43	4.00	42	9.00	44	6.00	44	6.00
Killarney	46	0.00	47	0.00	47	0.00	50	0.00
Kilrush	41	6.00	41	6.00	41	6.00	41	6.00
Kinsale	34	6.00	35	0.00	36	0.00	36	0.00
Letterkenny	40	0.00	40	3.00	43	0.00	47	3.00
Listowel	45	3.00	44	0.00	44	0.00	45	0.00
Longford	39	6.00	41	6.00	43	6.00	44	0.00
Macroom	25	0.00	27	6.00	27	6.00	29	0.00
Mallow	34	0.00	34	0.00	34	0.00	37	6.00
Midleton	26	9.00	28	4.00	28	1.00	29	8.00
Monaghan	34	0.00	34	0.00	33	6.00	34	0.00
Naas	36	8.00	36	0.00	36	0.00	37	0.00
Nenagh	35	3.00	37	7.00	38	4.00	39	0.00
New Ross	35	6.00	37	6.00	37	6.00	37	5.00
Skibbereen	28	0.00	30	0.00	31	9.00	32	4.00
Sligo	43	0.00	42	10.00	42	10.00	42	10.00
Templemore	40	4.00	40	4.00	41	6.00	43	6.00
Thurles	37	11.00	37	9.00	38	1.00	38	1.00
Tipperary	31	0.00	31	0.00	32	6.00	33	6.00
Tralee	46	6.00	45	0.00	46	0.00	47	11.00
Trim	35	2.00	37	0.00	37	2.00	37	2.00
Tullamore	38	0.00	37	3.00	37	3.00	37	3.00
Westport	42	6.00	45	0.00	50	0.00	49	6.00
Wexford	40	0.00	41	6.00	42	0.00	44	6.00
Wicklow	32	9.00	36	4.00	36	2.00	38	2.00
Youghal	40	0.00	40	9.00	40	0.00	41	0.00
Town Commissioners:
Ardee	3	4.00	3	7.00	3	5.00	3	1.00
Balbriggan	2	1.00	1	9.00	1	3.00	2	0.00
Ballybay	3	2.00	3	1.00	3	0.00	2	10.00
Ballyshannon	5	11.41	5	2.79	4	2.97	3	8.49
Bandon	1	1.31	1	5.05	1	6.91	1	4.83
Bantry	1	6.97	2	7.96	2	7.71	2	7.29
Belturbet	3	0.00	3	1.00	3	1.00	3	1.00
Boyle	1	2.68	2	2.40	2	9.75	2	5.50
Callan	4	7.03	4	7.38	5	2.69	5	3.39
Cootehill	6	2.00	5	2.00	5	1.00	5	1.00
Droichead Nua	3	4.00	2	9.00	2	5.00	3	5.00
Edenderry	9	2.00	8	4.00	7	11.00	8	2.00
Fethard	0	9.04	0	2.12	0	2.07	0	2.07
Gorey	5	6.00	5	3.00	4	11.00	4	10.00
Granard	6	3.27	5	0.39	4	10.85	4	9.80
Kilkee	4	11.00	4	7.00	4	7.00	4	7.00
Lismore	2	6.64	2	8.02	2	8.02	2	9.31
Loughrea	2	3.00	2	0.75	1	11.50	1	9.00
Mountmellick	4	11.40	4	5.51	4	9.02	4	9.18
Muinebeag	5	0.00	5	3.49	5	2.54	4	5.73
Mullingar	4	9.55	4	7.75	5	1.20	5	1.50
Newcastle West	2	8.50	2	7.50	2	7.50	2	7.00
Passage West	3	0.89	3	2.29	3	1.94	2	10.94
Portlaoighise	4	0.40	3	3.14	3	6.77	3	6.37
Rathkeale	2	4.50	2	4.00	2	2.25	2	1.00
Roscommon	0	7.00	0	7.00	0	7.00	0	7.00
Tramore	2	2.42	1	8.47	1	7.55	1	7.47
Tuam	5	6.75	5	7.50	5	2.00	5	1.00

NOTE.

(1) The rates shown for county councils are inclusive of separate charges (including charges in respect of malicious injuries) levied over the whole of the county health district.

(2) In the case of towns with town commissioners the special rates are levied by county councils on the area of the towns in addition to the county rate.