Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 October 2012
168. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have already paid the household charge directly at the local authority offices who have been subsequently contacted to pay the charge; the steps that have been taken to ensure adequate information and registration of payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46599/12]
View answer169. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of households who have paid the household charge to date, broken down by county relative to the total number of households in each county; the compliance rate in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46600/12]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 169 together.
The Local Government Management Agency is administering the Household Charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils. The collection of the Household Charge via a self-assessment declaration provides for the collation of information in relation to residential property. Local authorities are however continuing to identify undeclared properties through appropriate data sharing provisions and significant efforts have been expended in matching self-declared information with other datasets and in refining the resulting data.
I understand that the addresses and names used in the current batch of letters which are being issued by Local Authorities reminding people to pay the Household Charge have been based on a data matching exercise with the Property Registration Authority. In some cases the information contained within these datasets might not have been updated with the most recent and relevant details. As a consequence the data matching exercise can give rise to situations in which people may receive a letter where they have already paid the charge.
In respect of the numbers of residential properties, the liable owners of which have been contacted subsequent to having made payment at local authority offices, it is not possible to disaggregate these properties and provide the requested statistic. However, the Agency and the local authorities are working to their fullest extent to ensure adequate information concerning registration of payments is exchanged promptly. The table provides, as of 22 October 2012, the total number of payments and waivers registered for the Household Charge nationally and by local authority area. The figures are also presented as a percentage of the estimated total number of liable properties nationally and per local authority area.
|
County/City Council |
Estimated number of liable properties |
Number of paid registrations for Household Charge |
Number registered for waivers (as of 18 October) |
Total registered (paid + waivers) |
Registrations as a % of total estimated liable properties |
|
Carlow |
18,257 |
11,262 |
288 |
11,550 |
63% |
|
Cavan |
25,611 |
15,242 |
972 |
16,214 |
63% |
|
Clare |
45,786 |
31,581 |
409 |
31,990 |
70% |
|
Cork City |
41,649 |
27,342 |
183 |
27,525 |
66% |
|
Cork County |
143,887 |
87,617 |
2,365 |
89,982 |
63% |
|
Donegal |
65,331 |
34,429 |
526 |
34,955 |
54% |
|
Dublin City |
190,685 |
134,382 |
1 , 215 |
135,597 |
71% |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
74,390 |
62,158 |
431 |
62,589 |
84% |
|
Fingal |
90,286 |
57,670 |
2 , 081 |
59,751 |
66% |
|
Galway City |
27,086 |
20,120 |
89 |
20,209 |
75% |
|
Galway County |
62,851 |
39,751 |
723 |
40,474 |
64% |
|
Kerry |
58,792 |
42,254 |
348 |
42,602 |
72% |
|
Kildare |
68,215 |
42,298 |
1,569 |
43,867 |
64% |
|
Kilkenny |
32,067 |
20,271 |
504 |
20,775 |
65% |
|
Laois |
26,185 |
15,185 |
333 |
15,518 |
59% |
|
Leitrim |
13,069 |
8,809 |
228 |
9,037 |
69% |
|
Limerick City |
20,380 |
13,613 |
196 |
13,809 |
68% |
|
Limerick County |
46,473 |
30,150 |
640 |
30,790 |
66% |
|
Longford |
12,928 |
8,028 |
509 |
8,537 |
66% |
|
Louth |
41,176 |
23,467 |
886 |
24,353 |
59% |
|
Mayo |
51,363 |
36,027 |
911 |
36,938 |
72% |
|
Meath |
60,652 |
35,475 |
889 |
36,364 |
60% |
|
Monaghan |
20,176 |
12,896 |
274 |
13,170 |
65% |
|
North Tipperary |
24,839 |
17,089 |
548 |
17,637 |
71% |
|
Offaly |
25,224 |
14,082 |
342 |
14,424 |
57% |
|
Roscommon |
23,888 |
15,530 |
375 |
15,905 |
67% |
|
Sligo |
25,281 |
17,164 |
265 |
17,429 |
69% |
|
South Dublin |
81,822 |
50,266 |
369 |
50,635 |
62% |
|
South Tipperary |
30,368 |
20,002 |
324 |
20,326 |
67% |
|
Waterford City |
15,753 |
10,104 |
149 |
10,253 |
65% |
|
Waterford County |
24,777 |
15,950 |
170 |
16,120 |
65% |
|
Westmeath |
29,872 |
19,755 |
397 |
20,152 |
67% |
|
Wexford |
56,030 |
34,094 |
1138 |
35,232 |
63% |
|
Wicklow |
45,665 |
30,402 |
494 |
30,896 |
68% |
|
National |
1,620,814 |
1,054,465 |
21,140 |
1,075,605 |
66% |
