Household Charge Collection

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Questions (289)

Clare Daly

Question:

289. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the impact of the letters sent by local authorities to those on the non-principal private residence list in relation to seeking payment of the household tax, broken down by county on the basis of numbers of letters sent out each time, and the rate of compliance which followed each letter. [40392/12]

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Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

The table shows the number of reminder letters sent out by county and city councils in July, August and September 2012 in relation to the household charge. The table also shows the number registered prior to the issuing of these letters and the number of registrations made immediately following the issuing of the reminder letters.

Number of Registrations per Local Authority and Reminder Letters Issued

Local Authority	Number registered in Household Charge 2nd June 2012	No. of NPPR - Letter 1 (Issued between 2nd and 13th July)	Number registered in Household Charge 20th July 2012	No. of NPPR - Letter 2 (Issued between 7th and 20th August)	Number registered in Household Charge 24th August	No. of NPPR - Letter 3 (issued between 10th and 21st Sept.)	Number registered in Household Charge 20th Sept 2012	Increase in registrations since June	% increase since June
Leitrim	7,584	1,034	7,991	625	8,338	497	8,577	993	12
Roscommon	12,980	1,373	13,819	852	14,474	660	14,964	1,984	13
Sligo	14,927	1,631	15,822	1,102	16,437	917	16,806	1,879	11
Cork City	23,184	5,324	24,879	2,985	26,093	2,396	26,685	3,501	13
Dublin City	119760	19,423	125,182	11,048	129,372	8,686	132,184	12,424	9
Donegal	28,443	3,262	30,970	2,350	32,301	2,032	33,405	4,962	15
Mayo	28,144	2,621	32,992	1,678	34,203	1,412	35,111	6,967	20
Longford	6,981	1,031	7,287	692	7,573	549	7,780	799	10
Meath	31,394	2,487	32,783	1,778	33,767	1,446	34,638	3,244	9
Limerick City	11,612	2,333	12,364	1,441	12,789	1,212	13,304	1,692	13
Galway Co.	33,221	2,961	35,724	1,972	37,149	1,614	38,647	5,426	14
Clare	24,727	2,764	28,521	1,758	29,738	1,338	30,736	6,009	20
Westmeath	17,118	1,917	18,039	1,294	18,678	1,030	19,259	2,141	11
Carlow	9,745	1,196	10,127	838	10,498	703	10,783	1,038	10
Laois	13,030	1,194	13,821	769	14,294	571	14,635	1,605	11
South Dublin	44,162	4,442	47,097	2,806	48,330	2,285	49,247	5,085	10
Kilkenny	17,947	1,327	18,614	889	19,182	736	19,680	1,733	9
Louth	20,936	2,032	21,605	1,279	22,303	1,076	22,932	1,996	9
Wexford	28,312	4,040	30,590	2,455	31,914	1,902	32,967	4,655	14
Fingal	50,820	5,627	53,625	3,554	55,264	2,945	56,420	5,600	10
Monaghan	10,821	824	11,746	553	12,249	411	12,466	1,645	13
Kerry	34,024	3,516	38,534	2,279	39,713	1,843	40,978	6,954	17
Limerick County	24,400	2,222	27,602	1,351	28,542	1,040	29,386	4,986	17
Galway City	16,892	3,895	18,088	2,242	19,110	1,772	19,658	2,766	14
Tipperary South	17,223	1,453	18,181	962	18,835	760	19,608	2,385	12
Kildare	37,100	3,459	38,655	2,445	40,018	1,960	40,893	3,793	9
Tipperary North	14,176	1,014	15,293	649	15,830	450	16,463	2,287	14
Cork County	74,857	8,565	79,360	5,894	82,777	4,747	85,059	10,202	12
Waterford City	8,008	1,925	8,967	1,059	9,416	880	9,720	1,712	18
Waterford County	13,019	1,407	14,443	819	14,965	647	15,434	2,415	16
Wicklow	26,878	1,993	28,208	1,310	29,010	1,025	29,720	2,842	10
Cavan	13,107	1,322	13,660	869	14,232	711	14,710	1,603	11
Offaly	12,431	1,128	12,969	753	13,426	613	13,762	1,331	10
Dun Laoghaire	56,866	3,163	59,457	1,862	60,594	1,380	61,540	4,674	8
Total Letters		103,905		65,212		52,246