COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 12, 2021

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor David McManus

To ask the Chief Executive the level of financial support received in 2020 and 2021 year to date, for the COVID-19 commercial rates waiver from Government?

REPLY:

Circulars Fin 11/2020 and Fin 16/2020 announced a six month and three month waiver, respectively, of Commercial Rates for 2020. They allowed for a 100% waiver for a 9 month period for all businesses, with a small number of categories excepted. The value of these waiver schemes to South Dublin County Council for 2020 was €59,229,298.

In January 2021, a new Commercial Rates waiver scheme for the First Quarter (Q1) of 2021 was announced in Circular Fin 1/2021. This was a more tailored scheme and applied to businesses closed by, or badly impacted by, Level 5 restrictions and a number of eligible categories were detailed within the scheme.

This scheme was extended for Quarter 2 of 2021 and, more recently, for Quarter 3 2021 also.

The value of the waiver schemes applied up to the end of Quarter 2 2021 for South Dublin County Council to date is €16,773,805.

A further waiver for Quarter 3 will be applied in the coming weeks.