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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, February 09, 2009
QUESTION NO. 9
QUESTION: Councillor C. King
To ask the Manager to provide figures for the number of ratepayers who have not payed their rates for 2008 as a percentage of the overall number of rate payers in the County and can he/she make a statement on what impact if any these figures have on the Council's finances?
REPLY:
The total number of rates accounts in the Council's rate book in 2008 was 6702. Of these no payment was received in relation to 313 cases (4.7%), while part payment was received in respect of 526 (7.9%).
It should be noted however that the overall collection rate for 2008 was 92.37% which compares favorably with the 2007 average national collection rate of 92.4%. Account should also be taken of the revaluation process which affected the 2008 commercial rates in South Dublin.
The Department of the Environment Heritage & Local Government has advised the Council that we should not incur a deficit in 2009. Any shortfall therefore, incurred by commercial rates during 2009 will require efficiencies to be generated and / or increased income earned in other areas