Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
1092. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the compliance rates with the second home tax; the number of dwellings to which the tax is applicable; the number of dwellings that have paid the tax in 2011; and the amount that this raised for the Exchequer. [38300/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. On its introduction in 2009 the charge was estimated to apply to some 200,000 properties and was expected to raise approximately €40 million annually. As of 11 September 2012, the charge had been paid for 2011 in respect of 333,044 properties, raising €70,663,340 for that year.
