Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 October 2018
645. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons nationally and in County Kerry, respectively, who have had to pay the maximum penalty due to not paying the non-principal private residence charge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41743/18]
View answerThe Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provides the legislative basis for the Non-Principal Private Residence 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 is set at €200 per annum. It is a matter for an owner to determine if he or she has a liability and, if so, to declare that liability and pay the charge and any late payment fees applicable. Under the Act, it is a function of a local authority to collect Non-Principal Private Residence 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.
My Department has no role in relation to the collection or the enforcement of the charge. The data requested in relation to the number of persons who have paid the maximum amount of late payment fees imposed under the charge is therefore not available in my Department. Data in relation to NPPR late payment fees in Kerry is a matter for Kerry County Council. The Local Government Management Agency coordinates certain matters relating to the NPPR, acting on an agency basis on behalf of the local government sector, and may be contacted at corporate@lgma.ie.
