Commercial Rates Issues

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Questions (324)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

324. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list, by council area, the value of outstanding commercial rates and the value of uncollected commercial rates that have been written off by councils for each year since 2006. [28867/13]

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Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

2010 is the latest year for which audited local authority Annual Financial Statement data is available.

Detailed information in relation to the value of commercial rates outstanding to local authorities for 2010 and the amount that was written off in the years 2006 to 2010, sourced from audited Annual Financial Statements, is set out in the following tables.

Rates Written Off - 2006 to 2010 (€)

Authority Name	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Carlow	4,247	48,659	63,701	84,558	65,201
Cavan	95,267	106,716	78,828	150,332	767,529
Clare	343,619	301,577	419,856	396,538	205,650
Cork	2,907,572	3,279,302	3,868,254	5,041,167	6,672,558
Donegal	2,011,539	2,137,878	2,302,580	1,363,280	2,492,414
Fingal	652,705	886,521	1,364,689	2,141,388	3,757,096
Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown	0	1,464,053	1,161,247	1,712,032	3,325,110
Galway	1,746,905	1,951,482	2,636,068	2,727,353	4,043,523
Kerry	1,628,376	2,050,403	1,719,763	2,362,878	2,368,421
Kildare	0	0	0	0	0
Kilkenny	507,459	498,011	1,013,476	1,237,416	1,699,530
Laois	158,592	119,570	172,267	271,481	659,583
Leitrim	250,336	339,461	439,741	545,554	696,734
Limerick	1,577,716	1,720,067	1,948,681	2,644,874	4,028,917
Longford	278,783	272,432	410,706	204,541	117,420
Louth	519,162	617,097	654,051	756,462	946,116
Mayo	1,370,803	1,438,372	1,649,093	2,484,383	2,533,929
Meath	0	0	0	0	0
Monaghan	290,748	211,786	274,444	602,947	1,022,223
North Tipperary	38,921	44,232	77,122	188,260	316,956
Offaly	689,566	395,289	567,400	803,689	937,826
Roscommon	26,299	31,383	751,669	1,563,232	1,688,361
Sligo	386,217	176,004	283,838	579,355	671,143
South Dublin	2,453,856	2,192,432	-188,700	1,687,009	3,012,133
South Tipperary	72,961	3,716	2,380	1,760	24,720
Waterford	364,132	509,005	383,252	408,964	530,506
Westmeath	34,301	66,805	1,480	236,607	178,733
Wexford	532,622	606,820	509,989	660,644	398,791
Wicklow	408,539	579,045	1,260,842	1,464,190	1,730,389
Cork	216,922	188,362	313,373	1,852,616	3,483,443
Dublin	19,900,844	17,718,465	5,616,183	6,247,794	9,035,651
Galway	1,358,281	1,500,777	2,627,132	2,435,131	4,664,801
Limerick	2,454,506	2,742,128	2,079,954	1,823,528	2,676,147
Waterford	116,822	89,214	143,235	189,950	192,323
Clonmel	32,531	0	0	47,189	38,886
Drogheda	368,612	952,938	928,391	2,149,886	2,517,366
Kilkenny	148,418	234,328	457,958	555,533	838,460
Sligo	745,744	1,322,193	661,977	890,046	1,127,339
Wexford	292,330	303,771	209,381	467,995	714,075
Arklow	87,576	258,683	413,109	520,877	638,080
Athlone	0	14,374	0	0	99,142
Athy	0	0	0	0	0
Ballina	479,587	554,858	525,779	729,526	851,891
Ballinasloe	234,974	272,079	321,894	324,172	437,460
Birr	197,494	205,713	270,109	233,453	0
Bray	467,251	541,561	734,883	704,429	369,999
Buncrana	359,229	282,927	282,303	762,828	569,131
Bundoran	30,008	36,039	54,630	87,232	76,240
Carlow	62,202	58,618	161,463	110,825	116,322
Carrick on Suir	69,100	14,523	3,253	4,606	0
Carrickmacross	44,482	36,121	51,037	88,280	78,791
Cashel	0	0	0	0	0
Castlebar	374,745	424,300	537,165	682,085	800,826
Castleblayney	78,488	90,093	150,298	133,134	143,966
Cavan	85,465	259,398	213,192	300,985	271,722
Clonakility	20,874	12,773	12,343	52,862	159,339
Clones	113,373	65,752	51,175	128,492	121,380
Cobh	88,714	64,784	125,741	146,664	303,998
Dundalk	816,465	874,504	409,189	966,133	1,831,808
Dungarvan	372,368	434,906	276,356	311,792	478,296
Ennis	263,553	339,577	540,437	591,822	528,930
Enniscorthy	10,588	11,661	51,780	58,316	131,649
Fermoy	112,936	102,313	138,402	204,826	224,882
Kells	0	0	0	0	0
Killarney	759,775	715,466	654,326	833,203	918,274
Kilrush	16,304	4,793	1,970	7,777	12,820
Kinsale	19,041	15,216	51,171	14,472	309,488
Letterkenny	147,578	154,583	347,679	388,328	869,900
Listowel	96,957	103,557	217,702	209,707	244,837
Longford	117,150	339,919	339,023	591,740	526,848
Macroom	34,395	4,899	5,855	51,661	191,450
Mallow	54,023	56,559	135,168	171,242	246,973
dleton	42,296	94,332	80,524	108,601	159,674
Monaghan	234,785	308,221	299,864	538,040	566,891
Naas	27,490	5,473	886	0	3,828
Navan	0	0	0	331,598	996,615
Nenagh	310,078	177,348	247,242	377,330	386,733
New Ross	0	24,976	12,565	8,065	93,602
Skibbereen	89,479	118,618	133,064	161,644	168,981
Templemore	7,002	5,925	14,354	16,509	39,623
Thurles	92,734	121,320	215,490	344,008	409,940
Tipperary	0	1,278	0	0	39,348
Tralee	974,664	982,956	1,179,870	2,912,370	2,696,114
Trim	0	0	0	0	0
Tullamore	346,570	543,070	855,628	736,996	701,140
Westport	89,385	164,327	121,984	149,391	282,849
Wicklow	207,178	191,001	230,205	291,953	256,035
Youghal	178,204	182,887	440,598	339,981	321,338

Rates Outstanding - 2006 to 2010 (€)

Authority Name	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Carlow	265,193	460,539	641,223	1,378,698	1,973,035
Cavan	305,243	444,318	840,175	1,890,118	2,391,924
Clare	593,968	1,165,743	1,577,063	3,851,576	7,766,009
Cork	1,968,544	3,562,559	6,962,639	12,594,225	19,219,960
Donegal	2,074,122	1,960,449	2,629,298	6,519,004	8,978,984
Fingal	4,248,081	4,328,808	6,397,361	15,324,000	21,013,241
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown	5,920,885	4,602,747	7,571,064	14,643,370	19,242,061
Galway	1,683,109	1,755,661	1,906,000	4,171,364	5,067,072
Kerry	1,070,679	819,839	1,826,817	2,977,486	3,684,073
Kildare	1,184,466	1,369,640	3,423,696	5,079,832	8,422,162
Kilkenny	236,904	245,881	307,914	780,610	1,401,179
Laois	742,305	848,294	983,501	1,523,960	1,916,639
Leitrim	215,248	231,423	385,340	735,825	1,033,781
Limerick	847,677	625,468	1,337,381	2,239,979	2,614,285
Longford	232,699	250,214	345,990	512,739	624,804
Louth	760,454	1,032,108	988,499	1,797,286	2,877,506
Mayo	477,521	600,199	1,038,720	1,348,616	2,114,317
Meath	246,540	362,224	1,026,382	2,075,515	2,998,706
Monaghan	273,224	211,222	456,191	1,075,664	1,458,576
North Tipperary	118,569	133,192	278,901	749,966	1,020,703
Offaly	100,877	228,331	395,997	747,567	516,184
Roscommon	720,830	649,468	899,858	1,510,908	2,340,196
Sligo	114,342	151,785	459,029	896,452	1,085,081
South Dublin	6,750,465	6,898,292	9,263,927	18,122,445	27,360,624
South Tipperary	214,910	277,395	286,816	860,411	966,969
Waterford	412,806	536,365	551,499	1,156,478	2,078,117
Westmeath	333,312	227,386	547,254	1,466,694	1,405,350
Wexford	841,117	1,019,139	1,390,481	2,894,701	4,630,691
Wicklow	740,047	543,965	823,610	2,232,643	4,123,984
City Councils	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Cork	3,664,411	4,590,724	5,230,442	9,476,861	12,864,927
Dublin	35,295,558	34,577,502	37,064,635	44,455,944	63,446,842
Galway	3,892,700	5,019,318	6,746,383	11,071,910	14,502,756
Limerick	3,781,057	3,822,017	6,205,776	10,564,235	14,349,874
Waterford	712,360	608,815	1,506,323	1,666,660	2,784,426
Borough and Town Councils	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Clonmel	83,950	40,580	114,857	647,359	1,047,678
Drogheda	1,400,066	1,497,593	1,841,194	2,485,827	3,484,434
Kilkenny	99,870	95,785	330,604	1,002,142	1,575,708
Sligo	993,186	810,052	1,358,935	2,061,998	2,697,570
Wexford	315,898	272,435	1,199,031	2,351,035	3,317,643
Arklow	724,723	974,775	1,436,694	1,593,102	1,989,988
Athlone	239,472	236,761	154,367	521,451	1,066,455
Athy	223,834	269,901	522,524	382,409	376,238
Ballina	242,269	217,608	492,665	605,088	679,060
Ballinasloe	158,787	138,274	133,584	257,138	368,680
Birr	115,741	147,492	104,383	266,895	314,570
Bray	280,033	447,123	522,244	1,085,989	2,079,907
Buncrana	110,696	119,367	419,119	473,640	787,813
Bundoran	16,103	94,625	68,296	187,726	423,118
Carlow	448,411	382,687	507,316	1,224,404	1,741,387
Carrick on Suir	86,079	74,845	94,806	259,514	291,231
Carrickmacross	110,356	113,422	128,829	305,592	338,964
Cashel	8,334	3,953	5,025	71,044	98,900
Castlebar	47,991	150,019	259,543	526,299	731,267
Castleblayney	89,249	133,579	97,541	270,578	536,426
Cavan	270,410	310,749	431,127	582,911	704,417
Clonakility	77,226	63,844	182,774	257,195	322,179
Clones	80,597	64,931	161,962	185,519	222,016
Cobh	132,406	152,605	171,195	274,180	250,676
Dundalk	1,995,574	2,494,752	4,047,130	6,638,122	7,382,613
Dungarvan	191,635	323,218	651,229	1,410,413	2,084,189
Ennis	193,967	297,885	468,362	1,065,199	1,754,132
Enniscorthy	111,572	201,240	175,677	450,295	535,799
Fermoy	21,130	18,685	-13,749	25,419	116,267
Kells	112,598	58,542	10,433	41,576	90,986
Killarney	253,311	256,462	560,644	1,625,520	2,880,804
Kilrush	40,914	24,262	41,340	75,711	186,646
Kinsale	298,573	330,337	616,444	753,962	479,229
Letterkenny	1,190,800	1,471,343	2,313,895	3,354,048	3,835,422
Listowel	64,199	93,251	93,310	179,080	242,301
Longford	274,972	261,585	500,370	644,574	914,715
Macroom	19,264	37,514	44,832	93,259	156,528
Mallow	165,188	216,726	279,656	372,649	498,038
Midleton	211,862	293,560	270,577	355,298	356,423
Monaghan	140,828	162,877	173,523	484,503	781,009
Naas	168,835	320,224	231,427	749,329	1,477,192
Navan	316,133	439,676	567,584	832,022	1,147,224
Nenagh	188,653	123,272	288,468	487,809	529,237
New Ross	73,828	132,888	154,245	231,765	335,005
Skibbereen	94,163	70,018	101,818	183,405	238,477
Templemore	22,806	29,650	33,990	74,439	68,147
Thurles	133,184