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Development Levies.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 October 2005

Tuesday, 4 October 2005

Questions (448, 449)

Phil Hogan

Question:

528 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of finance levied in respect of all development charges under the Planning and Development Act 2000 in respect of each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26256/05]

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Richard Bruton

Question:

534 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average value of development levies in respect of each year from 1997 to date; the annual revenue the levy has raised over the period distinguishing levies from housing and other developments; the estimated revenue from levies for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26318/05]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 528 and 534 together.

Charging development contributions is of long standing. Under section 26(2) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1963, local authorities were empowered to require payment of a development contribution as a condition of a planning permission. The system has therefore been in operation for some 40 years. In order to introduce transparency into the system, the Planning and Development Act 2000 introduced new provisions whereby local authorities had to prepare schemes setting out how development contributions would apply in their area. All planning permissions granted by planning authorities after the adoption of development contribution schemes under the Planning and Development Act 2000 are subject to the conditions of those schemes.

Information regarding development contributions collected by planning authorities is published in my Department's annual planning statistics, which are available in the Oireachtas Library. Information on the total amount of development contributions collected by planning authorities in the years 1997 to 2003 has been forwarded to the Deputy. The 2004 planning statistics are being compiled. An initial estimate of the total amount collected in development contributions in that year is €350 million. The statistics supplied by planning authorities are a total. They do not distinguish between the types of development on which contributions are paid or between contributions paid, from 2004 onwards, under the 1963 or 2000 Act. It is not possible to estimate in advance the amount of development contributions that will be collected in 2005.

Development Contributions by Area

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Carlow

240,069

106,257

591,351

866,523

721,492

527,526

4,108,871

Cavan

165,729

479,851

725,459

980,323

985,723

1,250,997

1,726,563

Cork

4,501,977

5,534,894

7,378,054

10,101,535

9,803,819

13,650,879

18,640,420

Donegal

846,313

985,011

2,456,995

2,003,808

3,011,577

2,886,599

4,077,770

Dún Laoghaire

2,049,879

2,475,687

4,911,559

5,978,274

6,067,832

7,761,776

8,248,405

Fingal

5,710,981

8,466,367

12,162,025

13,612,513

14,764,631

16,338,872

22,828,194

Galway

968,328

386,172

1,501,752

2,854,367

3,688,593

3,472,987

6,283,355

Kerry

1,356,647

1,508,441

1,406,502

1,659,270

1,902,843

3,540,009

4,142,871

Kildare

8,894,331

7,474,678

5,072,816

6,428,684

6,078,742

9,249,082

9,681,082

Kilkenny

424,305

885,965

719,227

952,403

2,949,594

3,242,523

3,990,300

Laois

300,024

428,803

781,079

1,732,248

1,511,250

2,531,622

4,058,654

Leitrim

91,231

58,725

218,636

643,846

427,771

763,472

1,904,028

Limerick

544,198

971,444

1,646,977

1,632,093

2,277,417

2,896,451

3,246,640

Longford

179,367

61,571

202,166

670,008

866,501

1,438,301

1,306,556

Louth

752,618

1,866,824

3,048,278

4,270,854

5,174,232

8,993,794

11,621,455

Mayo

344,212

700,050

1,810,172

1,933,749

1,301,687

786,940

1,266,487

Meath

2,051,824

3,215,831

3,598,443

6,028,641

12,861,534

9,506,636

21,223,966

Monaghan

28,455

85,974

222,776

28,760

1,039,145

1,021,967

1,187,936

North Tipperary

358,306

457,224

863,673

1,411,426

1,092,348

1,014,080

2,440,985

Offaly

258,735

437,749

473,625

1,173,977

983,783

1,194,923

3,449,130

Roscommon

379,174

108,271

66,788

543,721

798,832

1,958,157

2,527,829

Sligo

8,380,271

7,999,350

9,523,036

10,901,971

1,286,519

2,416,388

2,397,997

South Dublin

1,933,996

489,988

453,330

643,639

10,704,857

11,243,420

15,249,361

South Tipperary

686,127

573,791

944,826

1,346,763

1,204,065

2,003,725

3,751,818

Waterford

400,753

577,445

1,324,309

2,018,991

1,659,281

1,596,213

1,663,166

Westmeath

770,579

1,296,834

1,187,396

1,942,817

2,067,964

1,819,521

3,793,639

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Wexford

438,890

1,441,606

3,345,130

4,517,652

5,096,974

6,507,272

8,043,630

Wicklow

2,347,153

2,346,500

3,572,917

3,095,139

5,236,242

7,929,194

8,951,778

Sub Total

46,083,757

52,426,947

71,835,936

91,311,843

106,907,486

129,391,699

186,843,506

Cork City Council

766,213

1,174,270

1,739,116

1,924,379

1,820,076

3,094,378

7,521,882

Dublin City Council

6,641,007

7,646,575

9,127,950

10,563,548

7,606,758

8,654,092

11,378,014

Galway City Council

2,226,624

2,689,035

2,785,661

3,523,296

3,815,743

5,142,663

5,795,645

Limerick City Council

843,658

1,265,119

838,300

1,255,951

1,214,372

2,493,006

2,521,556

Waterford City Council

1,251,893

1,124,147

844,969

1,801,140

611,577

2,219,625

1,388,454

Sub Total

11,729,396

13,899,146

15,335,996

19,068,314

15,068,526

21,603,764

28,605,551

Total

57,813,153

66,326,093

87,171,931

110,380,157

121,976,012

150,995,463

215,449,057

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