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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 14, 2020

QUESTION NO. 13

QUESTION: Councillor R. McMahon

Could I ask the Chief Executive if there is any update from Central Government regarding the case made for Commercial Rates Covid 19 Relief for Vacant Properties and if so could we get an update please.

REPLY:

Initially the Government indicated that a vacant property which was availing of a local authority vacancy refund in 2020 were excluded from both the six-month waiver scheme and the three month extension of the waiver scheme. Subsequently, it was acknowledged that in some local authority areas, including South Dublin County Council, it was more beneficial for a property owner to not apply for the refund and to avail of the waiver scheme instead. The South Dublin County Council are now applying the waiver to these qualifying properties. It is anticipated that the value of this will be approximately €3.1m.