Written answers
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Local Authorities
Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the level of housing rent arrears in each local authority for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30506/24]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Details of the total rent collected by local authorities and the levels of arrears are contained in the annual local authority Audit Reports prepared by the Local Government Audit Service and published by my Department. With the exception of Cavan County Council, the 2023 Audit Reports are not yet available. Details of rent local authority rent arrears from 2019 are included on the table attached.
The collection of rents and the management of arrears is a matter for individual local authorities.
| Local Authority | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow County Council | 380,000 | 260,000 | 350,000 | 570,000 | Not available |
| Cavan County Council | 1,000,000 | 1,400,000 | 1,600,000 | 1,900,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Cork City Council | 4,900,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,100,000 | 4,900,000 | Not available |
| Cork County Council | 520,000 | -30,000 | -120,000 | 1,050,000 | Not available |
| Clare County Council | 1,420,000 | 1,430,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,600,000 | Not available |
| Donegal County Council | 1,500,000 | 1,400,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,500,000 | Not available |
| Dublin City Council | 31,500,000 | 34,300,000 | 35,000,000 | 37,000,000 | Not available |
| Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council | 4,300,000 | 4,400,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,400,000 | Not available |
| Fingal County Council | 4,300,000 | 6,000,000 | 7,200,000 | 7,900,000 | Not available |
| Galway County Council | 808,000 | 765,900 | 857,000 | 1,220,000 | Not available |
| Galway City Council | 2,000,000 | 2,300,000 | 2,300,000 | 2,300,000 | Not available |
| Kerry County Council | 980,000 | 1,210,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,200,000 | Not available |
| Kildare County Council | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,300,000 | Not available |
| Kilkenny County Council | 500,000 | 400,000 | 300,000 | 400,000 | Not available |
| Laois County Council | 260,000 | 510,000 | 310,000 | 270,000 | Not available |
| Leitrim County Council | 260,000 | 240,000 | 140,000 | 80,000 | Not available |
| Limerick City and County Council | 6,300,000 | 6,300,000 | 6,700,000 | 5,200,000 | Not available |
| Longford County Council | 737,000 | 840,000 | 800,000 | 883,000 | Not available |
| Louth County Council | 3,100,000 | 3,000,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,600,000 | Not available |
| Mayo County Council | 1,000,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,300,000 | 1,100,000 | Not available |
| Meath County Council | 1,300,000 | 1,600,000 | 1,670,000 | 2,290,000 | Not available |
| Monaghan County Council | 200,000 | 160,000 | 190,000 | 200,000 | Not available |
| Offaly County Council | 730,000 | 580,000 | 480,000 | 560,000 | Not available |
| Roscommon County Council | 475,000 | 394,000 | 371,000 | 525,000 | Not available |
| Sligo County Council | 1,350,000 | 1,180,000 | 1,300,000 | 1,300,000 | Not available |
| South Dublin County Council | 8,200,000 | 9,500,000 | 10,100,000 | 9,300,000 | Not available |
| Tipperary County Council | 790,000 | 520,000 | 560,000 | 2,080,000 | Not available |
| Waterford City and County Council | 4,100,000 | 4,400,000 | 3,900,000 | 3,900,000 | Not available |
| Westmeath County Council | 160,000 | 170,000 | 140,000 | 230,000 | Not available |
| Wexford County Council | 1,800,000 | 1,300,000 | 900,000 | 1,200,000 | Not available |
| Wicklow County Council | 1,850,000 | 2,740,000 | 2,800,000 | 3,300,000 | Not available |
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