Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 July 2020
453. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of businesses that have been paying commercial rates to each local authority in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by local authority area, in tabular form; the amount of commercial rates received by each local authority in the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19868/20]
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.
My Department does not hold any data on the number of properties paying rates in individual local authority areas.
The Local Government Audit Service provide an independent audit of local authorities annual financial statements and a summary of their findings, titled Overview of the Work of the Local Government Audit Service, is published annually on my Department's website at the following link:
https://www.housing.gov.ie/search/archived/current/category/local-government-audit-service/sub-type/annual-report/topic/activity/type/publications
2018 is the latest year for which audited local authority annual financial statement data is available. You will note that in the 2018 and 2017 publications a detailed summary of rates accrued and collected is at Appendix 12 and at Appendix 11 in the 2016 and 2015 publications.
