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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 09, 2012

QUESTION NO.8QUESTION: Councillor J. Lahart

To ask the Manager to outline the amount of monies received in the county from the NPPR since its inception and to account for changes in receipts for the years it has been operating?

REPLY:

The NPPR data and receipts are as follows as at 2 July 2012:

				as @ 2 July
NPPR	2009	2010	2011	2012	Total
Charges	€2,344,400	€2,322,600	€2,322,600	€1,928,200	€8,917,800
Penalties	€262,360	€297,380	€187,080	€4,020	€750,840
	€2,606,760	€2,619,980	€2,509,680	€1,932,220	€9,668,640
No of Units	11,722	11,613	11,613	9,641	44,589

The legislation governing the non principal private residence charge provides that owners of qualifying properties must register and pay the charge and significant monthly penalties accrue to owners of such properties if they fail to do so.   The reasons for variances year on year in the number of properties registered for NPPR can include;

* Person may have disposed of the property and it is no longer a non principal private residence

* A person's circumstance may have changed to the extent that he/she now qualifies for an exemption from the charge (https://www.nppr.ie/Faq.aspx )

* Person may have registered for one year but did not pay in subsequent year(s), thus incurring penalties