Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:323. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list, by council area, the value of commercial rates collected for each year since 2006. [28866/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraCommercial Rates Issues
Ceisteanna (323)
Freagraí scríofa
2010 is the latest year for which audited local authority Annual Financial Statement data are available.
The amount of commercial rates collected by each rating authority from 2006 to 2010 is set out in the attached table.
|
County Councils |
2006 Rates Income (Accrued) € |
2007 Rates Income (Accrued) € |
2008 Rates Income (Accrued) € |
2009 Rates Income (Accrued) € |
2010 Rates Income (Accrued) € |
|
Carlow |
4,141,646.55 |
4,269,341.14 |
4,936,110.63 |
4,615,309.03 |
4,713,637.00 |
|
Cavan |
7,575,070.12 |
8,218,084.31 |
9,077,252.94 |
8,603,407.77 |
9,215,051.00 |
|
Clare |
29,525,898.64 |
31,413,554.23 |
32,811,508.88 |
32,996,202.08 |
31,371,523.14 |
|
Cork |
78,685,543.00 |
86,011,248.00 |
90,999,463.00 |
90,972,573.00 |
90,916,445.00 |
|
Donegal |
16,042,345.85 |
17,209,009.95 |
17,633,477.06 |
15,658,397.58 |
16,168,186.50 |
|
Fingal |
94,119,192.00 |
103,739,335.00 |
120,712,655.10 |
117,805,389.95 |
108,969,034.21 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
81,288,276.00 |
84,068,451.00 |
79,314,344.00 |
80,006,996.24 |
81,556,188.83 |
|
Galway |
14,077,126.08 |
17,439,370.98 |
18,820,596.42 |
17,502,006.47 |
18,200,480.15 |
|
Kerry |
15,980,250.38 |
16,664,336.80 |
16,804,077.43 |
16,875,495.38 |
17,554,303.00 |
|
Kildare |
32,222,801.54 |
37,052,487.84 |
36,730,453.63 |
37,248,297.12 |
35,017,488.30 |
|
Kilkenny |
8,894,136.11 |
9,930,636.66 |
10,086,427.23 |
9,704,411.22 |
9,425,333.87 |
|
Laois |
7,726,909.56 |
8,283,294.02 |
8,709,980.16 |
8,105,287.78 |
8,187,869.10 |
|
Leitrim |
3,205,819.79 |
3,343,814.29 |
3,844,567.61 |
3,704,221.08 |
3,660,376.60 |
|
Limerick |
21,767,308.35 |
24,868,248.62 |
24,070,135.71 |
22,942,635.92 |
23,150,780.43 |
|
Longford |
3,488,845.06 |
3,684,298.69 |
3,784,350.81 |
3,589,771.75 |
3,631,606.53 |
|
Louth |
5,786,453.00 |
6,137,693.97 |
6,629,710.01 |
6,313,800.00 |
5,746,530.41 |
|
Mayo |
10,090,301.60 |
11,109,870.22 |
11,648,360.23 |
10,962,438.78 |
10,349,404.00 |
|
Meath |
16,592,279.82 |
18,493,501.43 |
20,856,002.59 |
20,475,209.49 |
19,689,702.00 |
|
Monaghan |
4,688,135.70 |
5,348,952.49 |
5,337,868.50 |
4,984,209.65 |
4,965,581.06 |
|
North Tipperary |
5,896,133.14 |
6,345,251.53 |
6,475,859.37 |
6,376,522.00 |
6,182,328.37 |
|
Offaly |
5,991,714.40 |
6,296,156.47 |
6,776,627.05 |
6,459,394.00 |
7,267,813.00 |
|
Roscommon |
7,398,893.14 |
8,631,547.86 |
8,264,169.78 |
8,156,169.05 |
7,733,538.88 |
|
Sligo |
3,537,065.47 |
3,925,892.03 |
4,109,497.42 |
3,730,381.40 |
4,016,898.62 |
|
South Dublin |
105,668,369.00 |
112,784,213.00 |
112,235,925.00 |
110,634,633.00 |
112,063,348.00 |
|
South Tipperary |
5,972,451.83 |
6,682,218.80 |
7,131,903.82 |
7,139,325.57 |
7,323,848.00 |
|
Waterford |
4,441,596.90 |
5,242,986.73 |
5,762,746.70 |
5,932,663.54 |
5,676,246.00 |
|
Westmeath |
6,750,650.24 |
7,258,287.09 |
7,261,545.61 |
6,772,597.62 |
8,064,443.00 |
|
Wexford |
14,942,419.00 |
15,926,784.00 |
14,461,292.00 |
14,398,434.00 |
15,041,928.00 |
|
Wicklow |
10,898,448.28 |
12,955,728.13 |
13,546,465.12 |
13,701,249.07 |
13,425,755.47 |
|
City Councils |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
Cork |
53,389,901.00 |
56,380,937.00 |
58,660,355.00 |
56,121,873.00 |
56,548,108.00 |
|
Dublin |
266,057,318.00 |
286,946,966.00 |
296,591,099.00 |
307,480,452.00 |
296,510,814.00 |
|
Galway |
24,452,684.37 |
26,172,208.98 |
26,405,088.58 |
26,407,814.53 |
25,497,006.88 |
|
Limerick |
23,799,398.13 |
24,250,190.89 |
24,332,056.83 |
24,116,790.81 |
24,080,407.44 |
|
Waterford |
17,055,647.15 |
18,214,977.69 |
18,569,137.61 |
17,810,528.11 |
16,942,553.04 |
|
Borough and Town Councils |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
Clonmel |
4,250,073.86 |
4,709,800.43 |
4,792,980.01 |
4,071,333.57 |
4,457,737.95 |
|
Drogheda |
8,130,802.90 |
9,728,584.52 |
9,741,726.24 |
9,093,765.92 |
8,748,669.00 |
|
Kilkenny |
4,276,583.34 |
4,564,395.24 |
4,554,651.08 |
4,781,442.18 |
4,803,670.04 |
|
Sligo |
5,231,905.00 |
5,680,445.52 |
5,966,865.37 |
5,776,437.65 |
5,615,267.54 |
|
Wexford |
2,836,034.00 |
3,272,234.00 |
5,358,699.00 |
5,468,672.00 |
5,754,319.00 |
|
Arklow |
1,662,257.59 |
1,710,505.31 |
1,882,824.00 |
2,506,774.64 |
2,272,142.71 |
|
Athlone |
2,497,619.66 |
2,913,331.62 |
3,225,775.35 |
3,341,585.02 |
3,519,698.42 |
|
Athy |
1,337,190.58 |
1,926,897.48 |
1,517,333.89 |
1,451,229.96 |
1,485,262.02 |
|
Ballina |
2,650,179.75 |
2,734,733.79 |
2,695,435.61 |
2,763,260.47 |
2,752,979.71 |
|
Ballinasloe |
929,326.73 |
1,109,577.73 |
1,195,213.14 |
1,169,263.16 |
1,143,753.37 |
|
Birr |
842,217.61 |
873,432.26 |
1,038,714.04 |
848,367.85 |
906,385.51 |
|
Bray |
5,307,858.09 |
5,649,309.81 |
5,958,209.00 |
5,505,673.00 |
5,180,802.00 |
|
Buncrana |
891,286.69 |
987,087.34 |
757,821.14 |
544,465.29 |
480,392.14 |
|
Bundoran |
860,180.26 |
827,363.19 |
978,346.52 |
844,620.98 |
741,670.47 |
|
Carlow |
4,579,538.90 |
5,269,495.39 |
5,250,384.60 |
4,752,062.88 |
4,757,248.89 |
|
Carrick on Suir |
645,278.13 |
696,413.97 |
693,664.89 |
609,131.50 |
665,186.72 |
|
Carrickmacross |
1,109,734.74 |
1,227,693.58 |
1,245,912.98 |
1,066,463.24 |
1,258,862.35 |
|
Cashel |
488,648.89 |
560,543.34 |
590,580.65 |
541,936.52 |
635,593.43 |
|
Castlebar |
2,689,503.38 |
2,795,815.18 |
2,997,628.53 |
2,815,839.90 |
2,920,489.36 |
|
Castleblayney |
531,850.93 |
606,359.41 |
675,872.26 |
501,613.29 |
454,129.13 |
|
Cavan |
1,294,780.17 |
1,335,812.45 |
1,410,532.85 |
1,542,811.51 |
1,518,294.84 |
|
Clonakility |
1,120,098.00 |
1,231,554.00 |
1,181,500.00 |
1,194,989.00 |
1,085,295.00 |
|
Clones |
332,599.39 |
367,780.52 |
301,654.80 |
295,819.76 |
290,195.53 |
|
Cobh |
661,068.00 |
733,836.00 |
714,659.00 |
643,627.00 |
616,001.00 |
|
Dundalk |
10,301,038.71 |
10,935,440.46 |
11,628,327.15 |
10,538,426.33 |
11,490,629.82 |
|
Dungarvan |
2,101,948.90 |
2,161,172.53 |
2,292,389.61 |
2,021,346.38 |
2,113,440.55 |
|
Ennis |
3,964,473.41 |
4,167,576.31 |
4,203,130.57 |
3,998,872.04 |
4,142,290.45 |
|
Enniscorthy |
1,256,741.00 |
1,255,359.00 |
1,490,383.00 |
1,300,902.00 |
1,410,443.00 |
|
Fermoy |
854,206.00 |
900,112.00 |
969,786.00 |
843,543.00 |
786,684.00 |
|
Kells |
564,945.72 |
580,351.84 |
529,757.24 |
596,111.17 |
520,308.44 |
|
Killarney |
5,740,652.02 |
6,472,090.77 |
6,707,676.83 |
6,071,251.66 |
5,765,076.49 |
|
Kilrush |
571,552.47 |
576,627.05 |
592,526.99 |
663,293.19 |
591,099.89 |
|
Kinsale |
844,763.00 |
988,949.00 |
748,332.00 |
867,812.00 |
1,036,555.00 |
|
Letterkenny |
3,488,929.29 |
4,299,780.78 |
4,565,637.43 |
4,264,540.01 |
4,413,525.04 |
|
Listowel |
1,507,536.84 |
1,542,347.23 |
1,520,016.57 |
1,515,864.80 |
1,510,378.72 |
|
Longford |
1,995,751.83 |
2,236,318.99 |
2,191,549.37 |
2,339,320.57 |
2,312,838.43 |
|
Macroom |
588,603.00 |
677,731.00 |
879,969.00 |
798,493.00 |
661,989.00 |
|
Mallow |
2,044,618.00 |
2,293,738.00 |
2,179,513.00 |
2,110,280.00 |
2,129,908.00 |
|
Midleton |
1,400,606.00 |
1,469,621.00 |
1,672,923.00 |
1,652,934.00 |
1,559,084.00 |
|
Monaghan |
2,592,884.05 |
2,684,961.06 |
2,899,055.62 |
2,415,800.76 |
2,454,932.46 |
|
Naas |
5,301,665.56 |
5,775,886.27 |
6,152,361.64 |
5,759,815.00 |
5,590,137.13 |
|
Navan |
1,813,332.00 |
1,957,275.22 |
2,165,920.38 |
2,083,747.00 |
3,687,509.77 |
|
Nenagh |
2,379,858.52 |
2,995,098.74 |
2,812,388.85 |
2,740,788.82 |
2,750,038.61 |
|
New Ross |
1,002,918.00 |
1,043,837.00 |
1,033,210.00 |
1,050,605.00 |
943,233.00 |
|
Skibbereen |
827,064.00 |
906,502.00 |
891,432.00 |
832,117.00 |
851,206.00 |
|
Templemore |
377,973.51 |
394,786.52 |
417,524.06 |
387,714.70 |
431,456.28 |
|
Thurles |
1,895,464.49 |
2,033,095.97 |
1,893,539.41 |
1,724,943.94 |
1,634,640.22 |
|
Tipperary |
1,059,336.00 |
1,185,974.00 |
1,209,696.55 |
1,204,559.37 |
1,103,301.97 |
|
Tralee |
7,384,525.09 |
7,687,025.33 |
7,548,158.79 |
6,788,930.00 |
6,374,133.00 |
|
Trim |
525,211.61 |
632,203.07 |
671,235.20 |
632,408.37 |
633,888.72 |
|
Tullamore |
2,915,671.35 |
3,351,667.65 |
3,480,878.77 |
3,184,719.98 |
3,077,563.71 |
|
Westport |
2,450,373.41 |
2,538,082.07 |
2,584,867.15 |
2,509,853.19 |
2,514,155.25 |
|
Wicklow |
1,160,818.96 |
1,180,006.26 |
1,169,120.00 |
1,029,551.82 |
1,445,653.13 |
|
Youghal |
1,090,409.00 |
1,048,613.00 |
1,046,150.00 |
1,003,821.00 |
1,021,557.00 |
Commercial Rates Issues
Ceisteanna (324)
Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:324. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list, by council area, the value of outstanding commercial rates and the value of uncollected commercial rates that have been written off by councils for each year since 2006. [28867/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
2010 is the latest year for which audited local authority Annual Financial Statement data is available.
Detailed information in relation to the value of commercial rates outstanding to local authorities for 2010 and the amount that was written off in the years 2006 to 2010, sourced from audited Annual Financial Statements, is set out in the following tables.
Rates Written Off - 2006 to 2010 (€)
|
Authority Name |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
Carlow |
4,247 |
48,659 |
63,701 |
84,558 |
65,201 |
|
Cavan |
95,267 |
106,716 |
78,828 |
150,332 |
767,529 |
|
Clare |
343,619 |
301,577 |
419,856 |
396,538 |
205,650 |
|
Cork |
2,907,572 |
3,279,302 |
3,868,254 |
5,041,167 |
6,672,558 |
|
Donegal |
2,011,539 |
2,137,878 |
2,302,580 |
1,363,280 |
2,492,414 |
|
Fingal |
652,705 |
886,521 |
1,364,689 |
2,141,388 |
3,757,096 |
|
Dun Laoghaire / Rathdown |
0 |
1,464,053 |
1,161,247 |
1,712,032 |
3,325,110 |
|
Galway |
1,746,905 |
1,951,482 |
2,636,068 |
2,727,353 |
4,043,523 |
|
Kerry |
1,628,376 |
2,050,403 |
1,719,763 |
2,362,878 |
2,368,421 |
|
Kildare |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kilkenny |
507,459 |
498,011 |
1,013,476 |
1,237,416 |
1,699,530 |
|
Laois |
158,592 |
119,570 |
172,267 |
271,481 |
659,583 |
|
Leitrim |
250,336 |
339,461 |
439,741 |
545,554 |
696,734 |
|
Limerick |
1,577,716 |
1,720,067 |
1,948,681 |
2,644,874 |
4,028,917 |
|
Longford |
278,783 |
272,432 |
410,706 |
204,541 |
117,420 |
|
Louth |
519,162 |
617,097 |
654,051 |
756,462 |
946,116 |
|
Mayo |
1,370,803 |
1,438,372 |
1,649,093 |
2,484,383 |
2,533,929 |
|
Meath |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Monaghan |
290,748 |
211,786 |
274,444 |
602,947 |
1,022,223 |
|
North Tipperary |
38,921 |
44,232 |
77,122 |
188,260 |
316,956 |
|
Offaly |
689,566 |
395,289 |
567,400 |
803,689 |
937,826 |
|
Roscommon |
26,299 |
31,383 |
751,669 |
1,563,232 |
1,688,361 |
|
Sligo |
386,217 |
176,004 |
283,838 |
579,355 |
671,143 |
|
South Dublin |
2,453,856 |
2,192,432 |
-188,700 |
1,687,009 |
3,012,133 |
|
South Tipperary |
72,961 |
3,716 |
2,380 |
1,760 |
24,720 |
|
Waterford |
364,132 |
509,005 |
383,252 |
408,964 |
530,506 |
|
Westmeath |
34,301 |
66,805 |
1,480 |
236,607 |
178,733 |
|
Wexford |
532,622 |
606,820 |
509,989 |
660,644 |
398,791 |
|
Wicklow |
408,539 |
579,045 |
1,260,842 |
1,464,190 |
1,730,389 |
|
Cork |
216,922 |
188,362 |
313,373 |
1,852,616 |
3,483,443 |
|
Dublin |
19,900,844 |
17,718,465 |
5,616,183 |
6,247,794 |
9,035,651 |
|
Galway |
1,358,281 |
1,500,777 |
2,627,132 |
2,435,131 |
4,664,801 |
|
Limerick |
2,454,506 |
2,742,128 |
2,079,954 |
1,823,528 |
2,676,147 |
|
Waterford |
116,822 |
89,214 |
143,235 |
189,950 |
192,323 |
|
Clonmel |
32,531 |
0 |
0 |
47,189 |
38,886 |
|
Drogheda |
368,612 |
952,938 |
928,391 |
2,149,886 |
2,517,366 |
|
Kilkenny |
148,418 |
234,328 |
457,958 |
555,533 |
838,460 |
|
Sligo |
745,744 |
1,322,193 |
661,977 |
890,046 |
1,127,339 |
|
Wexford |
292,330 |
303,771 |
209,381 |
467,995 |
714,075 |
|
Arklow |
87,576 |
258,683 |
413,109 |
520,877 |
638,080 |
|
Athlone |
0 |
14,374 |
0 |
0 |
99,142 |
|
Athy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ballina |
479,587 |
554,858 |
525,779 |
729,526 |
851,891 |
|
Ballinasloe |
234,974 |
272,079 |
321,894 |
324,172 |
437,460 |
|
Birr |
197,494 |
205,713 |
270,109 |
233,453 |
0 |
|
Bray |
467,251 |
541,561 |
734,883 |
704,429 |
369,999 |
|
Buncrana |
359,229 |
282,927 |
282,303 |
762,828 |
569,131 |
|
Bundoran |
30,008 |
36,039 |
54,630 |
87,232 |
76,240 |
|
Carlow |
62,202 |
58,618 |
161,463 |
110,825 |
116,322 |
|
Carrick on Suir |
69,100 |
14,523 |
3,253 |
4,606 |
0 |
|
Carrickmacross |
44,482 |
36,121 |
51,037 |
88,280 |
78,791 |
|
Cashel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Castlebar |
374,745 |
424,300 |
537,165 |
682,085 |
800,826 |
|
Castleblayney |
78,488 |
90,093 |
150,298 |
133,134 |
143,966 |
|
Cavan |
85,465 |
259,398 |
213,192 |
300,985 |
271,722 |
|
Clonakility |
20,874 |
12,773 |
12,343 |
52,862 |
159,339 |
|
Clones |
113,373 |
65,752 |
51,175 |
128,492 |
121,380 |
|
Cobh |
88,714 |
64,784 |
125,741 |
146,664 |
303,998 |
|
Dundalk |
816,465 |
874,504 |
409,189 |
966,133 |
1,831,808 |
|
Dungarvan |
372,368 |
434,906 |
276,356 |
311,792 |
478,296 |
|
Ennis |
263,553 |
339,577 |
540,437 |
591,822 |
528,930 |
|
Enniscorthy |
10,588 |
11,661 |
51,780 |
58,316 |
131,649 |
|
Fermoy |
112,936 |
102,313 |
138,402 |
204,826 |
224,882 |
|
Kells |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Killarney |
759,775 |
715,466 |
654,326 |
833,203 |
918,274 |
|
Kilrush |
16,304 |
4,793 |
1,970 |
7,777 |
12,820 |
|
Kinsale |
19,041 |
15,216 |
51,171 |
14,472 |
309,488 |
|
Letterkenny |
147,578 |
154,583 |
347,679 |
388,328 |
869,900 |
|
Listowel |
96,957 |
103,557 |
217,702 |
209,707 |
244,837 |
|
Longford |
117,150 |
339,919 |
339,023 |
591,740 |
526,848 |
|
Macroom |
34,395 |
4,899 |
5,855 |
51,661 |
191,450 |
|
Mallow |
54,023 |
56,559 |
135,168 |
171,242 |
246,973 |
|
dleton |
42,296 |
94,332 |
80,524 |
108,601 |
159,674 |
|
Monaghan |
234,785 |
308,221 |
299,864 |
538,040 |
566,891 |
|
Naas |
27,490 |
5,473 |
886 |
0 |
3,828 |
|
Navan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
331,598 |
996,615 |
|
Nenagh |
310,078 |
177,348 |
247,242 |
377,330 |
386,733 |
|
New Ross |
0 |
24,976 |
12,565 |
8,065 |
93,602 |
|
Skibbereen |
89,479 |
118,618 |
133,064 |
161,644 |
168,981 |
|
Templemore |
7,002 |
5,925 |
14,354 |
16,509 |
39,623 |
|
Thurles |
92,734 |
121,320 |
215,490 |
344,008 |
409,940 |
|
Tipperary |
0 |
1,278 |
0 |
0 |
39,348 |
|
Tralee |
974,664 |
982,956 |
1,179,870 |
2,912,370 |
2,696,114 |
|
Trim |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tullamore |
346,570 |
543,070 |
855,628 |
736,996 |
701,140 |
|
Westport |
89,385 |
164,327 |
121,984 |
149,391 |
282,849 |
|
Wicklow |
207,178 |
191,001 |
230,205 |
291,953 |
256,035 |
|
Youghal |
178,204 |
182,887 |
440,598 |
339,981 |
321,338 |
Rates Outstanding - 2006 to 2010 (€)
|
Authority Name |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
Carlow |
265,193 |
460,539 |
641,223 |
1,378,698 |
1,973,035 |
|
Cavan |
305,243 |
444,318 |
840,175 |
1,890,118 |
2,391,924 |
|
Clare |
593,968 |
1,165,743 |
1,577,063 |
3,851,576 |
7,766,009 |
|
Cork |
1,968,544 |
3,562,559 |
6,962,639 |
12,594,225 |
19,219,960 |
|
Donegal |
2,074,122 |
1,960,449 |
2,629,298 |
6,519,004 |
8,978,984 |
|
Fingal |
4,248,081 |
4,328,808 |
6,397,361 |
15,324,000 |
21,013,241 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown |
5,920,885 |
4,602,747 |
7,571,064 |
14,643,370 |
19,242,061 |
|
Galway |
1,683,109 |
1,755,661 |
1,906,000 |
4,171,364 |
5,067,072 |
|
Kerry |
1,070,679 |
819,839 |
1,826,817 |
2,977,486 |
3,684,073 |
|
Kildare |
1,184,466 |
1,369,640 |
3,423,696 |
5,079,832 |
8,422,162 |
|
Kilkenny |
236,904 |
245,881 |
307,914 |
780,610 |
1,401,179 |
|
Laois |
742,305 |
848,294 |
983,501 |
1,523,960 |
1,916,639 |
|
Leitrim |
215,248 |
231,423 |
385,340 |
735,825 |
1,033,781 |
|
Limerick |
847,677 |
625,468 |
1,337,381 |
2,239,979 |
2,614,285 |
|
Longford |
232,699 |
250,214 |
345,990 |
512,739 |
624,804 |
|
Louth |
760,454 |
1,032,108 |
988,499 |
1,797,286 |
2,877,506 |
|
Mayo |
477,521 |
600,199 |
1,038,720 |
1,348,616 |
2,114,317 |
|
Meath |
246,540 |
362,224 |
1,026,382 |
2,075,515 |
2,998,706 |
|
Monaghan |
273,224 |
211,222 |
456,191 |
1,075,664 |
1,458,576 |
|
North Tipperary |
118,569 |
133,192 |
278,901 |
749,966 |
1,020,703 |
|
Offaly |
100,877 |
228,331 |
395,997 |
747,567 |
516,184 |
|
Roscommon |
720,830 |
649,468 |
899,858 |
1,510,908 |
2,340,196 |
|
Sligo |
114,342 |
151,785 |
459,029 |
896,452 |
1,085,081 |
|
South Dublin |
6,750,465 |
6,898,292 |
9,263,927 |
18,122,445 |
27,360,624 |
|
South Tipperary |
214,910 |
277,395 |
286,816 |
860,411 |
966,969 |
|
Waterford |
412,806 |
536,365 |
551,499 |
1,156,478 |
2,078,117 |
|
Westmeath |
333,312 |
227,386 |
547,254 |
1,466,694 |
1,405,350 |
|
Wexford |
841,117 |
1,019,139 |
1,390,481 |
2,894,701 |
4,630,691 |
|
Wicklow |
740,047 |
543,965 |
823,610 |
2,232,643 |
4,123,984 |
|
City Councils |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
Cork |
3,664,411 |
4,590,724 |
5,230,442 |
9,476,861 |
12,864,927 |
|
Dublin |
35,295,558 |
34,577,502 |
37,064,635 |
44,455,944 |
63,446,842 |
|
Galway |
3,892,700 |
5,019,318 |
6,746,383 |
11,071,910 |
14,502,756 |
|
Limerick |
3,781,057 |
3,822,017 |
6,205,776 |
10,564,235 |
14,349,874 |
|
Waterford |
712,360 |
608,815 |
1,506,323 |
1,666,660 |
2,784,426 |
|
Borough and Town Councils |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
Clonmel |
83,950 |
40,580 |
114,857 |
647,359 |
1,047,678 |
|
Drogheda |
1,400,066 |
1,497,593 |
1,841,194 |
2,485,827 |
3,484,434 |
|
Kilkenny |
99,870 |
95,785 |
330,604 |
1,002,142 |
1,575,708 |
|
Sligo |
993,186 |
810,052 |
1,358,935 |
2,061,998 |
2,697,570 |
|
Wexford |
315,898 |
272,435 |
1,199,031 |
2,351,035 |
3,317,643 |
|
Arklow |
724,723 |
974,775 |
1,436,694 |
1,593,102 |
1,989,988 |
|
Athlone |
239,472 |
236,761 |
154,367 |
521,451 |
1,066,455 |
|
Athy |
223,834 |
269,901 |
522,524 |
382,409 |
376,238 |
|
Ballina |
242,269 |
217,608 |
492,665 |
605,088 |
679,060 |
|
Ballinasloe |
158,787 |
138,274 |
133,584 |
257,138 |
368,680 |
|
Birr |
115,741 |
147,492 |
104,383 |
266,895 |
314,570 |
|
Bray |
280,033 |
447,123 |
522,244 |
1,085,989 |
2,079,907 |
|
Buncrana |
110,696 |
119,367 |
419,119 |
473,640 |
787,813 |
|
Bundoran |
16,103 |
94,625 |
68,296 |
187,726 |
423,118 |
|
Carlow |
448,411 |
382,687 |
507,316 |
1,224,404 |
1,741,387 |
|
Carrick on Suir |
86,079 |
74,845 |
94,806 |
259,514 |
291,231 |
|
Carrickmacross |
110,356 |
113,422 |
128,829 |
305,592 |
338,964 |
|
Cashel |
8,334 |
3,953 |
5,025 |
71,044 |
98,900 |
|
Castlebar |
47,991 |
150,019 |
259,543 |
526,299 |
731,267 |
|
Castleblayney |
89,249 |
133,579 |
97,541 |
270,578 |
536,426 |
|
Cavan |
270,410 |
310,749 |
431,127 |
582,911 |
704,417 |
|
Clonakility |
77,226 |
63,844 |
182,774 |
257,195 |
322,179 |
|
Clones |
80,597 |
64,931 |
161,962 |
185,519 |
222,016 |
|
Cobh |
132,406 |
152,605 |
171,195 |
274,180 |
250,676 |
|
Dundalk |
1,995,574 |
2,494,752 |
4,047,130 |
6,638,122 |
7,382,613 |
|
Dungarvan |
191,635 |
323,218 |
651,229 |
1,410,413 |
2,084,189 |
|
Ennis |
193,967 |
297,885 |
468,362 |
1,065,199 |
1,754,132 |
|
Enniscorthy |
111,572 |
201,240 |
175,677 |
450,295 |
535,799 |
|
Fermoy |
21,130 |
18,685 |
-13,749 |
25,419 |
116,267 |
|
Kells |
112,598 |
58,542 |
10,433 |
41,576 |
90,986 |
|
Killarney |
253,311 |
256,462 |
560,644 |
1,625,520 |
2,880,804 |
|
Kilrush |
40,914 |
24,262 |
41,340 |
75,711 |
186,646 |
|
Kinsale |
298,573 |
330,337 |
616,444 |
753,962 |
479,229 |
|
Letterkenny |
1,190,800 |
1,471,343 |
2,313,895 |
3,354,048 |
3,835,422 |
|
Listowel |
64,199 |
93,251 |
93,310 |
179,080 |
242,301 |
|
Longford |
274,972 |
261,585 |
500,370 |
644,574 |
914,715 |
|
Macroom |
19,264 |
37,514 |
44,832 |
93,259 |
156,528 |
|
Mallow |
165,188 |
216,726 |
279,656 |
372,649 |
498,038 |
|
Midleton |
211,862 |
293,560 |
270,577 |
355,298 |
356,423 |
|
Monaghan |
140,828 |
162,877 |
173,523 |
484,503 |
781,009 |
|
Naas |
168,835 |
320,224 |
231,427 |
749,329 |
1,477,192 |
|
Navan |
316,133 |
439,676 |
567,584 |
832,022 |
1,147,224 |
|
Nenagh |
188,653 |
123,272 |
288,468 |
487,809 |
529,237 |
|
New Ross |
73,828 |
132,888 |
154,245 |
231,765 |
335,005 |
|
Skibbereen |
94,163 |
70,018 |
101,818 |
183,405 |
238,477 |
|
Templemore |
22,806 |
29,650 |
33,990 |
74,439 |
68,147 |
|
Thurles |
133,184 |
Parking Provision
Ceisteanna (325)
Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:325. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number and size of car parks associated with out-of-town retail parks of over 20 parking spaces. [28868/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
The information sought is not available in my Department.
Question No. 326 answered with Question No. 307.
Household Charge Collection
Ceisteanna (327)
Robert Troy
Ceist:327. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is issued a refund for the household charge without further delay. [28884/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
The Local Government Management Agency is administering the Household Charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils. Household Charge operational matters are a matter for the Agency or the relevant local authority.
Derelict Sites
Ceisteanna (328)
Gerald Nash
Ceist:328. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the site of the old fishmeal factory at Crook Road, Mornington, County Meath, is secured; if he will outline his Department's plans to make this site safe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28908/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
Under the Derelict Sites Act 1990, local authorities are required to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does not become or continue to be a derelict site. To this end they have been given substantial powers under the Act in relation to any such sites, including powers to require specified measures to be taken in relation to a derelict site, to impose a levy on derelict sites or to compulsorily acquire any derelict site. I expect local authorities to use their statutory powers as they consider appropriate and have no function in relation to individual derelict sites.
Departmental Strategies
Ceisteanna (329)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Ceist:329. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the strategies his Department is currently employing to minimise the number of deaths by drowning in the State; if these strategies are regularly reviewed and if he will detail the outcome of the most recent review; if he will indicate the annual expenditure since March 2011 on promoting water safety and preventing deaths by drowning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28919/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
Irish Water Safety is the statutory body under the auspices of my Department established to provide the following services:
- promotion of public awareness of water safety;
- promotion of measures, including the advancement of education, related to the prevention of accidents in water;
- provision of instruction in water safety, rescue, swimming, resuscitation and recovery drills;
- promotion of the efficiency and standardisation of the lifeguard service;
- establishment of national standards for lifeguards, lifesaving and water safety and
- such other services relating to water safety as may be required.
Irish Water Safety is implementing a Strategic Development Plan for the period 2012 – 2017 which is available at http://www.iws.ie/about-us-page54330.html . This Strategic Development Plan is reviewed at regular intervals by the Council of Irish Water Safety, and is focussed on the core statutory aims of the body around promoting water safety in Ireland.
Irish Water Safety receives funding from my Department to cover the operating costs relating to its headquarters in Galway , which in both 2011 and 2012 was €512,000 per annum . Other funding is generated directly by Irish Water Safety by way of sponsorship and fundraising by its volunteer members. These members deserve considerable praise for the level of dedication they show in their membership of and work for Irish Water Safety .
Question No. 330 answered with Question No. 314.
Planning Issues
Ceisteanna (331)
Terence Flanagan
Ceist:331. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the difference in the planning permission needed for small sewerage plants compared to monster sewerage plants, such as the proposed facility at Clonshaugh, Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28931/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
The Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 amends the Planning and Development Act 2000 to provide for the introduction of a ‘strategic consent process’ for specified classes of infrastructure of regional or national importance.
The Seventh Schedule lists particular classes of infrastructure, including waste and wastewater infrastructure, which come within the scope of the Act. A decision on whether or not a proposed development should be subject to the new consent process is a matter for determination by An Bord Pleanála under the pre-application consultation procedures set out under the Act.
Waste Water Treatment Issues
Ceisteanna (332)
Terence Flanagan
Ceist:332. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on Fingal County Council's recent announcement to locate a monster sewerage plant at Clonshaugh, Dublin 17; his views on whether a monster plant was needed rather than a number of small sewerage plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28932/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
Proposals for the North Dublin Waste Water Treatment Plant/Orbital Sewer project, which was part of the Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study (GDSDS), are included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013 as a scheme to advance through planning.
The GDSDS represented a strategic analysis of the existing drainage systems in the Greater Dublin Area and made a number of recommendations to meet future needs having regard to whole-life costs and environmental performance. This study proposed the expansion of a number of wastewater treatment plants in the region, as well as the proposed new regional plant in North Dublin.
The option of having a large number of smaller wastewater treatment plants rather than one large regional plant was considered as part of the GDSDS. The issue was considered again in 2008 when a Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) report on the matter was published. Both the GDSDS and the SEA reports confirm that a regional plant in North Dublin would have a lesser impact than a large number of smaller plants discharging to ground or surface waters across the Greater Dublin Area.
Leader Programmes Funding
Ceisteanna (333)
Brian Stanley
Ceist:333. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the operation and administration of the next LEADER programme 2014 to 2020 will continue to be carried out by employees of local development companies or if these tasks will be transferred to local authority employees. [28968/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
Significant matters regarding EU Community-led Local Development funding and LEADER funding for the 2014-20 period are yet to be agreed, including the value of funding and the regulations governing implementation. In the absence of these, and ahead of the submission of local development strategies, it would be inappropriate for me to confirm any implementation arrangements for the next LEADER programme 2014-2020.
However, the Final Report of the Local Government/Local Development Alignment Group recommended that the Socioeconomic Committee structure “should be considered as the vehicle through which the LEADER approach is implemented for the 2014-2020 round of EU programmes”.
Socio-Economic Committees will have primary responsibility for co-ordination, oversight and governance of local and community development interventions at a local level , including LEADER . The membership of Socio-Economic Committees will comprise public and private partners drawn from the local and community development sectors, civil society, local authorities and relevant State Agencies. As key partners on the Socio-Economic Committees, local development companies and their staff will continue to have an important role in implementing the programmes for which they are contracted by my Department and others. The Alignment Report identified the particular skills and experience that local development company staff possess and I am keen that these continue to be utilised in front-line programme delivery.
Appointments to State Boards
Ceisteanna (334)
Niall Collins
Ceist:334. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of appointments made to State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011; the number of positions that have been advertised; the number of applications to the boards; the number of appointments to the boards that were drawn from the applications; the current number of vacancies on each board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28975/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
Up to 31 March 2013, the latest date for which information is available, the position is as follows:
|
Agency / Board |
Name of Appointee |
Date of Appointment |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Dr. Mary Kelly (Chairperson) |
29/08/2011 |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Mr. Conall Boland (Deputy Chairperson) |
01/01/2012 |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Ms. Mary MacMahon |
27/11/2011 |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Mr. Michael Leahy |
14/05/2012 |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Mr. Nicholas Mulcahy |
21/05/2012 |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Mr. Gabriel Dennison |
21/05/2012 |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Mr. Paddy Keogh |
21/05/2012 |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Ms. Oznar Yucel-Finn |
01/01/2013 |
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Mr. Robert Ryan |
January 2013 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Dr. Niamh Brennan |
01/05/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Mr. Niall Coveney |
01/05/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Mr. Dónall Curtin |
01/05/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Ms. Yvonne Farrell |
01/05/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Mr. Mark Griffin (Departmental Representative) |
01/05/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Mr. Brendan Malone |
01/05/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Ms. Catherine Mullarkey |
01/05/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Mr. John Tierney (Chairperson) |
01/06/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Mr. Gerry Grimes |
01/06/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Dr. Philip Matthews |
01/06/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Ms. Lucy McCaffery |
01/06/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Mr. Charlie Murphy |
01/06/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Ms. Imelda Reynolds |
01/06/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Mr. Michael Stubbs |
01/06/2012 |
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority* |
Mr. Frank Walsh |
01/06/2012 |
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
Ms. Laura Burke (Director General) |
08/11/2011 |
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
Mr. Dara Lynott |
12/07/2012 |
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
Mr. Gerard O'Leary |
08/05/2012 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Dr. Michelle Norris (Chairperson) |
22/02/2012 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. John Hogan (Department of Finance nominee) |
22/02/2012 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. Phillip Nugent (Departmental representative) |
22/02/2012 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Ms. Jackie Maguire (CCMA Representative) |
13/03/2012 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. Colm Brophy |
13/03/2012 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. Michael Murray |
13/03/2012 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. Padraic Cafferty |
21/03/2012 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Dr. Mary Lee Rhodes |
21/03/2012 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. Jim ley |
30/04/2012 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Ms. Michelle Murphy Lawless |
30/04/2012 |
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Mr. Gerry Leahy |
30/04/2012 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Ms. Breda Collins (Chairperson) |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. John Considine |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Michael Cuddihy |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Tom Doyle |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Brendan McGrath |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Paul Murphy |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Seamus O'Neill |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Martin O'Sullivan |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Ms. Anne Ryan |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Ms. Lola O'Sullivan |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Christy McDonagh |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Tim O'Sullivan (Departmental representative) |
21/11/2011 |
|
Irish Water Safety |
Mr. Odran Reid |
27/06/2012 |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. Rich Howlin (Chairperson) |
21/12/2011 |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. Eddie Lewis (Departmental representative) |
21/12/2011 |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Ms. Marie McLaughlin (Department of Public Expenditure & Reform Representative) |
21/12/2011 |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. Peter Carey County Manager Laois County Council |
21/12/2011 |
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Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Ms. Ann McGuinness |
21/12/2011 |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. Dermot Nolan (Department of Public Expenditure & Reform Representative) |
21/12/2012 |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. John O Connor |
21/12/2012 |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. Donal McManus |
21/12/2012 |
|
Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency |
Mr. Michael Layde (Departmental representative) |
01/08/2012 |
|
Local Government Computer Services Board |
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council |
01/01/2012 |
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Local Government Computer Services Board |
Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council |
01/11/2011 |
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Local Government Computer Services Board |
Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative) |
23/11/2011 |
|
Local Government Computer Services Board |
Mr. Enda Holland (Department of Public Expenditure & Reform Representative) |
22/02/2012 |
|
Local Government Management Services Board |
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council |
01/01/2012 |
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Local Government Management Services Board |
Mr. Donal Enright (Departmental representative) |
01/11/2011 |
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Local Government Management Services Board |
Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council |
01/11/2011 |
|
Local Government Management Services Board |
Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative) |
23/11/2011 |
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Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr. Barry Quinlan (Departmental representative) |
24/09/2012 |
|
Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr. Donal Enright (Departmental representative) |
24/09/2012 |
|
Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr. Paul McDonald (Departmental representative) |
24/09/2012 |
|
Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr. Eddie Breen (Chairperson) County Manager Wexford County Council |
20/09/2012 |
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Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr. Peter Carey County Manager Laois County Council |
20/09/2012 |
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Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr. Hubert Kearns County Manager Sligo County Council |
20/09/2012 |
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Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr. Michael Malone County Manager Kildare County Council |
20/09/2012 |
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Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr. Eddie Sheehy County Manager Wicklow County Council |
20/09/2012 |
|
Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr. John Tierney City Manager Dublin City Council |
20/09/2012 |
|
Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr. Martin Riordan Cork County Manager |
18/10/2012 |
|
Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr. Michael Walsh Waterford City manager |
18/10/2012 |
|
Local Government Management Agency** |
Mr D. McLoughlin Westmeath County Manager |
21/02/2013 |
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Private Residential Tenancies Board |
Mr. Tim Ryan |
17/02/2012 |
|
Private Residential Tenancies Board |
Ms. Tricia Sheehy Skeffington |
17/02/2012 |
|
Private Residential Tenancies Board |
Ms. Paula O’Reilly (Departmental representative) |
22/03/2012 |
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Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Professor William Reville (Chairperson) |
16/01/2012 |
|
Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Dr. Paraic James (public servant) |
16/01/2012 |
|
Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Dr. Maurice Fitzgerald (Dental Council) |
19/10/2011 |
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Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Dr. Patricia Cunningham (public servant) |
20/02/2012 |
|
Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Mr. John O'Dea |
30/11/2012 |
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Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Ms. Darina Muckian |
30/11/2012 |
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Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Ms. Adi Roche |
30/11/2012 |
|
Radiological Protection Institute Ireland |
Dr. Patrick Gilligan |
30/11/2012 |
* The board of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority was reappointed for an additional month from 1 May 2012 and replaced by a new board from 1 June 2012 which will continue in place until 31 December 2013.
** The Local Government Management Agency was established on 1st August 2012 which replaces the Local Government Computer Services Board and the Local Government Management Services Board.
A notice was placed on my Department’s website on 19 July, 2011 , seeking expressions of interest, from suitably qualified and experienced persons, for consideration as members or chairpersons of the boards of State bodies under the aegis of my Department.
Vacancies on the boards of other bodies under the Department’s aegis will be notified on the website as they arise. However, expressions of interest can be made at any time and will be kept on file in my Department for consideration as vacancies occur.
All appointments are made in accordance with the appropriate legislation governing appointments to each body. In considering applications , due regard is also had to Government policy regarding gender balance on State boards.
A number of different statutory processes are involved in appointments to State boards. In some cases statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Government or by the Minister. In a number of situations, only some appointments to the body concerned are made by the Minister, or appointments are made with the consent of another Minister.
The Boards of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and An Bord Pleanála are executive in nature and members are employed on a full-time salaried basis.
Appointments are made taking into account the requirement of the position and the qualifications, experience and expertise of the potential candidates.
The following members were appointed to the Board of Pobal, a not-for-profit company under the aegis of my Department, by Government:
- Mr. Séamus Boland (Chair);
- Mr. Tommy Maguire;
- Mr. Liam Keane;
- Ms. Siobhan McLoughlin;
- Ms. Jennifer McHugh ;
- Ms. Mari Hurley ;
- Mr. William Cotter ;
- Mr. Gerald Quain ;
- Cllr. John Kelleher;
- Ms. Ann Costello ;
- Ms. Mary Mooty
Article 3 of the Articles of Association of Pobal requires the Minister to consider nominations received from a list of stakeholders and the Social Partners defined by Government in 2005. The list comprises:
- National Social Partners
- Social Partners party to the Sustaining Progress Agreement; and Stakeholders
- Area and Community Partnership,
- County Childcare Committees, and
- County and City Managers Association.
A consultation process was conducted and 22 nominations received from the Stakeholders and the National Social Partners were considered for purposes of the Government appointments to the vacant positions on the board.
The following members were appointed to the Board of the National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee under the aegis of my Department:
- Mr. Tom Coughlan, County Manager, Clare County Council;
- Ms. Colette Spears;
- Mr Jim Ganley (Departmental representative)
The following members were appointed to the Building Regulation Advisory Board under the aegis of my Department:
- Mr. Aidan O'Connor (Departmental representative);
- Mr. Paul Kelly;
- Mr. Conor Taaffe.
Derelict Sites
Ceisteanna (335)
Terence Flanagan
Ceist:335. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent by local authorities on repairing derelict buildings especially shop fronts over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29021/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
The specific information sought is not available in my Department. Under the Derelict Sites Act 1990, local authorities are required to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does not become or continue to be a derelict site. To this end they have been given substantial powers under the Act in relation to any such sites, including powers to require specified measures to be taken in relation to a derelict site, to impose a levy on derelict sites or to compulsorily acquire any derelict site. I expect local authorities to use their statutory powers as they consider appropriate and have no function in relation to individual derelict sites.
Commercial Rates Calculations
Ceisteanna (336)
Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:336. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the annual rate of valuation bands in each local authority area in the State, per business type; if he will indicate the number of businesses that fall within each one of these bands; the value of each band to each local authority; and the amounts in each band unpaid by year end 2012. [29022/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
Local 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 under the Valuation Act 2001.
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 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 in the annual budget and its determination is a reserved function.
The Commissioner for Valuation has sole responsibility for all valuation matters. The Valuation Act 2001 comes under the aegis of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Annual Rates on Valuation are not banded and are not directly associated with business type.
The 2013 Annual Rate on Valuation in respect of each local authority is set out in the following table.
|
Local Authority |
2013 Annual Rate on Valuation |
|
County Councils |
- |
|
Carlow |
65.80 |
|
Cavan |
56.85 |
|
Clare |
72.99 |
|
Cork |
74.75 |
|
Donegal |
69.70 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown* |
0.166 |
|
Fingal* |
0.144 |
|
Galway |
66.59 |
|
Kerry |
80.35 |
|
Kildare |
68.95 |
|
Kilkenny |
52.05 |
|
Laois |
64.63 |
|
Leitrim |
62.15 |
|
Limerick |
59.92 |
|
Longford |
65.35 |
|
Louth |
55.08 |
|
Mayo |
68.76 |
|
Meath |
69.62 |
|
Monaghan |
56.20 |
|
North Tipperary |
57.74 |
|
Offaly |
56.77 |
|
Roscommon |
72.89 |
|
Sligo |
64.43 |
|
South Dublin* |
0.162 |
|
South Tipperary |
56.77 |
|
Waterford |
69.22 |
|
Westmeath |
52.27 |
|
Wexford |
71.52 |
|
Wicklow |
76.78 |
|
City Councils |
- |
|
Cork |
74.05 |
|
Dublin |
60.88 |
|
Galway |
65.46 |
|
Limerick |
71.19 |
|
Waterford |
66.22 |
|
Borough Councils |
- |
|
Clonmel |
58.84 |
|
Drogheda |
65.49 |
|
Kilkenny |
59.55 |
|
Sligo |
68.76 |
|
Wexford |
67.66 |
|
Rating Town Councils |
- |
|
Arklow |
63.95 |
|
Athlone |
60.72 |
|
Athy |
56.29 |
|
Ballina |
64.52 |
|
Ballinasloe |
52.00 |
|
Birr |
68.28 |
|
Bray |
67.66 |
|
Buncrana |
44.29 |
|
Bundoran |
59.64 |
|
Carlow |
73.75 |
|
Carrickmacross |
65.55 |
|
Carrick on Suir |
50.99 |
|
Cashel |
57.56 |
|
Castlebar |
70.23 |
|
Castleblayney |
56.00 |
|
Cavan |
73.02 |
|
Clonakility |
66.96 |
|
Clones |
59.90 |
|
Cobh |
71.53 |
|
Dundalk |
65.83 |
|
Dungarvan |
60.37 |
|
Ennis |
65.45 |
|
Enniscorthy |
65.13 |
|
Fermoy |
61.00 |
|
Kells |
65.35 |
|
Killarney |
70.37 |
|
Kilrush |
61.93 |
|
Kinsale |
65.11 |
|
Letterkenny |
65.21 |
|
Listowel |
77.07 |
|
Longford |
69.01 |
|
Macroom |
65.37 |
|
Mallow |
57.88 |
|
Midleton |
60.35 |
|
Monaghan |
72.00 |
|
Naas |
67.41 |
|
Navan |
65.90 |
|
Nenagh |
55.68 |
|
New Ross |
55.47 |
|
Skibbereen |
69.84 |
|
Templemore |
53.90 |
|
Thurles |
57.13 |
|
Tipperary |
52.20 |
|
Tralee |
81.18 |
|
Trim |
64.10 |
|
Tullamore |
67.65 |
|
Westport |
63.55 |
|
Wicklow |
63.24 |
|
Youghal |
65.31 |
*county councils revalued under the Valuation Act 2001
Local Authority Charges Application
Ceisteanna (337)
Andrew Doyle
Ceist:337. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of all the different categories, types and levels of fees charged by a local authority (details supplied) in County Wicklow on a graveyard by graveyard basis in each year from 2008 to 2012; the rules and regulations regarding burial grounds set down by him and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29033/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
While my Department has responsibility for rules and regulations regarding burial grounds, this responsibility does not extend to the fees charged by local authorities. These costs are a matter for each local authority in respect of the cemeteries and burial grounds they provide .
The main legislative provisions dealing with the provision, management, regulation and control of burial grounds by local authorities are contained, in the first instance, in Part III of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 as amended in Part VI of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948 and more recently, the Local Government Act, 1994 and also in the Rules & Regulations for the Regulation of Burial Grounds 1888 and amendments thereto.
The following are the main provisions involved:
Section 160 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 (hereafter referred to as “the Act”), deems each sanitary authority (Local Authority) to be the burial board for its administrative area.
Sections 172-174 of the Act empower burial boards to provide new burial grounds and extensions to existing ones.
Under Section 175 of the Act, a burial board may acquire land for cemeteries or an existing cemetery by agreement or may contract with a cemetery company for burials.
Section 177 places responsibility on the burial board for the care and maintenance of burial grounds provided by them.
Sections 179 and 180 enable burial boards to make arrangements for facilitating the conveyance of bodies to burial grounds and for the provision of places for the reception of bodies until interment.
Section 185 confers on the burial board the power to serve notice requiring a burial ground to be put in good order within a specified time limit of not less than 6 months. If the notice is not complied with, the burial board can carry out the necessary works. Section 185 of 1878 Act does not apply to burial grounds attached to a church which is still in use or in a private demesne.
Section 186 allows the burial board to fence burial grounds and put them in good order where the owner cannot be ascertained or a notice under Section 185 cannot be served.
Under Section 187, a burial board may undertake management of a burial ground at the owner's request and shall thereupon be deemed to be the owner thereof until the owner shall repay the expenses incurred.
Under Section 188, fees and payments in respect of internments in any burial ground provided by the burial board may be set, revised or altered by the burial board as they see fit.
Section 191 requires a Register of Burials to be kept by the burial board for each burial ground.
Section 196 requires burial boards to maintain any churchyard or burial ground which is not vested in any other person or persons and in which discontinuance of burials has been required by order.
Section 44 of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948 as amended by the Local Government Act, 1994 defines a burial ground.
Section 46 of that same Act, as amended by the 1994 Act, enables the burial board to grant exhumation licences.
Question No. 338 answered with Question No. 299.
Local Authority Housing Issues
Ceisteanna (339)
Willie O'Dea
Ceist:339. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the resolution adopted by Limerick County Council in May 2013 to seek permission to place persons who have surrendered their council tenancies further to intimidation back on the housing list; if he will support this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29067/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
A copy of the resolution referred to was received in my Department on 11 June.
The inclusion of a household by a housing authority on its list of qualified households is a matter for the housing authority concerned under the provisions of section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, regulation s made under that section, and having regard to the particular circumstances of each case.
The priority accorded to a household is also a matter for the housing authority and should be determined by reference to the authority’s allocation scheme provided for under section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and Regulations made thereunder.
These Regulations require authorities to set out the manner in which they will allocate dwellings to households on the waiting list and households who have been approved for transfers. The Regulations also require authorities to set out in their allocation scheme how they will determine the order of priority for the allocation of dwellings.
Irish Water Staff
Ceisteanna (340)
John Deasy
Ceist:340. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in further detail the number and type of jobs to be created by the new Irish Water utility company; and the latest timeframe for recruitment to these positions. [29147/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
To date the establishment of Irish Water has been supported by the Programme Office within Bord Gáis, and a number of local authority and Departmental staff have been seconded to the Office to assist in this work.
The permanent Irish Water organisation is due to be incorporated shortly and currently has six staff. On-going work on a detailed Target Operating Model for the permanent organisation will be finalised in the near future and opportunities will be available for staff in local authorities to apply for jobs in the permanent organisation. It is intended that the legislation to transfer statutory responsibility for water services to Irish Water will provide for local authorities to act as agents for Irish Water with this relationship being expressed through Service Level Agreements. The majority of the existing staff will remain employees of local authorities working under such arrangements.