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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

"To ask the Chief Executive to give some thought into reduced rates for new start up businesses even for first 1 to 5 years to allow new first time businesses set up in the Clondalkin Area?" 

REPLY:

From a rates perspective, there is no provision in the current Local Government Rates legislation to provide for reduced rates or any alleviation/waiver scheme facility for any commercial ratepayer type.

However, in order to encourage new micro enterprises a "rates holiday" for up to two years is currently available through the Microenterprise/Start-up Support (Rates) fund, managed by the Local Enterprise Office.

This support is available where a previously vacant enterprise space, is made available to, and occupied by, a new microenterprise, (of less than 10 employees).

Full details of the Business Support Funds can be found at the following link on the SDCC website;

https://www.sdcc.ie/en/services/business/enterprise/business-support/