Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2017
2074. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the collection rates for commercial rates by each local authority; the amounts collected in the last year for which figures are available in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38965/17]
View answerLocal authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation pursuant to the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. The annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is applied to the valuation of each property determined by the Valuation Office, to obtain the amount payable in rates, is decided by the elected members of each local authority in the annual budget and its determination is a reserved function. Rates income is a very important contribution to the cost of services provided by local authorities such as roads, public lighting, development control, parks and open spaces.
The latest available audited information relates to 2015 and the table below sets out the percentage and amount collected by each local authority.
|
Local Authority |
2015 % |
Collected € |
|
Carlow |
84% |
11,350,009 |
|
Cavan |
82% |
11,943,256 |
|
Clare |
82% |
36,985,564 |
|
Cork City |
78% |
61,224,285 |
|
Cork |
86% |
119,163,164 |
|
Donegal |
63% |
24,692,578 |
|
Dublin |
88% |
314,107,645 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
85% |
77,695,710 |
|
Fingal |
96% |
115,423,490 |
|
Galway City |
72% |
31,941,718 |
|
Galway |
81% |
21,571,674 |
|
Kerry |
80% |
33,518,689 |
|
Kildare |
82% |
50,938,296 |
|
Kilkenny |
92% |
15,877,981 |
|
Laois |
75% |
9,898,811 |
|
Leitrim |
79% |
4,226,300 |
|
Limerick |
75% |
51,391,697 |
|
Longford |
82% |
6,396,247 |
|
Louth |
60% |
25,578,002 |
|
Mayo |
80% |
19,729,275 |
|
Meath |
85% |
29,289,390 |
|
Monaghan |
77% |
10,523,911 |
|
Offaly |
85% |
11,463,251 |
|
Roscommon |
93% |
8,751,416 |
|
Sligo |
74% |
10,608,718 |
|
South Dublin |
81% |
107,685,870 |
|
Tipperary |
78% |
26,063,250 |
|
Waterford |
79% |
29,521,260 |
|
Westmeath |
79% |
12,706,214 |
|
Wexford |
75% |
27,447,399 |
|
Wicklow |
76% |
26,778,891 |
|
Total |
€1,344,493,961 |
