Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 July 2024
139. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount collected, by local authority, in vacant sites levy since the levy was established, by year, in tabular form. [30201/24]
View answerUnder the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on local authority vacant sites registers from 2019 onwards which site owners became liable to pay in January of the following year.
My Department recently issued Circular Letter PL 05/2024 to local authorities requesting the submission of a further progress report on the implementation and collection of the levy in respect of the year 2023. The returns received are currently being reviewed and it is expected that they will be finalised shortly. The information requested for 2019-2022 is provided in the attached Table.
The specific information requested, broken down by Local Authority, is not available for 2019. However, the total amount collected in 2019 in respect of 2018 was €882k in levy payment.
