Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 June 2015
240. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by reintroducing and doubling the non-principal private residence tax. [25273/15]
View answerThe Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provides the legislative basis for the Non-Principal Private Residence (NPPR) Charge. The NPPR Charge, which has since been discontinued, applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of residence. The self-assessed charge was set at €200 per annum. Under the Act, it is a function of a local authority to collect NPPR Charges, and late payment fees due to it and all Charges and late payment fees imposed and payable to a local authority are under the care and management of the local authority concerned. Proceeds from the charge are retained by local authorities and contribute to the provision of local services.
Based on data provided by the Local Government Management Agency, I am informed that 388,281 properties are registered by their owners as liable for the NPPR Charge for 2013, the last year of the charge. A doubling of the charge to €400 could therefore potentially be expected to raise in the region of €155 million per annum if the level of properties liable remains unchanged from the 2013 position.
