Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 November 2015
218. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total value of commercial rates collected in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38772/15]
View answerThe levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. The annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is applied to the valuation for each property determined by the Valuation Office, to obtain the amount payable in rates, is decided by the elected members of each local authority during the annual budget process.
The latest available audited information relates to 2013. The total value of commercial rates collected as reported by local authorities in Appendix 7 of their individual audited financial statements in 2013 was €1,295,621,403. It should be noted that the amounts collected and written off may include arrears. As a matter of course, every local authority publishes its annual audited financial statement on their websites, and the Local Authority Financial Statement Outturn 2013 is published on my Departments website at the following link: http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/LocalGovernment/Administration.
