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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 31 Jan 1985

Vol. 355 No. 6

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Local Authority Service Charges.

12.

asked the Minister for the Environment the amounts collected in 1983 and 1984 in each local authority area in respect of service charges as introduced under the 1983 legislation.

The collection figures for 1984 are not yet available in my Department. The most up to date information on the amounts collected in 1983 from new charges, in so far as they can be separately identified in the returns submitted by local authorities, are contained in the following tabular statement for circulation in the Official Report.

Amounts collected from new charges to 31 December, 1983.

County Council

Amount

£

Carlow

2,500

Cavan

41,447

Clare

13,000

Cork

164,000

Donegal

No Charge

Dublin

49,500

Galway

70,100

Kerry

18,000

Kildare

54,200

Kilkenny

10,900

Laoighis

19,900

Leitrim

2,500

Limerick

29,400

Longford

No Charge

Louth

8,800

Mayo

20,434

Meath

19,800

Monaghan

11,200

Offaly

11,400

Roscommon

No Charge

Sligo

No Charge

Tipperary N.R.

15,769

Tipperary S.R.

13,797

Waterford

21,000

Westmeath

70,000

Wexford

10,000

Wicklow

19,800

County Borough Corporation

Amount

£

Cork

100,500

Dublin

630,000

Limerick

41,600

Waterford

4,908

Urban Authority

Amount

£

Arklow

4,100

Athlone

43,600

Athy

2,600

Ballina

26,300

Ballinasloe

11,300

Birr

2,500

Bray

5,900

Buncrana

5,700

Bundoran

400

Carlow

4,170

Carrickmacross

14,947

Carrick-on-Suir

17,300

Cashel

6,014

Castlebar

No Charge

Castleblayney

8,000

Cavan

3,537

Ceanannus Mor

14,700

Clonakilty

20,896

Clones

1,950

Clonmel

16,500

Cobh

8,614

Drogheda

No Charge

Dundalk

No Charge

Dungarvan

45,800

Dun Laoghaire

176,000

Ennis

30,300

Enniscorthy

3,467

Fermoy

1,750

Galway

71,500

Kilkenny

35,000

Killarney

10,000

Kilrush

2,400

Kinsale

5,955

Letterkenny

10,000

Listowel

5,100

Longford

16,946

Macroom

11,500

Mallow

4,200

Midleton

2,500

Monaghan

24,000

Naas

7,400

Navan

8,300

Nenagh

22,600

New Ross

7,500

Skibbereen

14,200

Sligo

No Charge

Templemore

4,141

Thurles

4,953

Tipperary

8,900

Tralee

7,000

Trim

13,300

Tullamore

6,500

Westport

23,100

Wexford

No Charge

Wicklow

3,000

Youghal

6,400

Notes:

(1) The figures are from quarterly returns submitted by local authorities.

(2) The figures provided do not include fees under the Local Government (Planning and Development) (Fees and Amendment) Regulations, 1983.

Can the Minister indicate from the tabular statement the total amount collected in 1983 and also the cost of collecting the money?

I cannot give that figure. It was not requested but I can give the amounts for each local authority area, the county boroughs and urban council areas. As I said in my reply, charges new and old may be involved in the amounts given and therefore I am not in a position to identify what would be a new charge and what could be a charge resulting from an imposition at an earlier stage.

If the Minister does not have the exact figures does he have available even a percentage ratio of the cost of collecting the money?

I do not have that information; it was not requested in the question.

The Minister does not want to give it out. He has it in the Department.

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