Commercial Rates

653. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a pre-school (details supplied) operating under the ECCE scheme has received a commercial rates bill; whether this is now the standard for all ECCE pre-schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3862/26]

397. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of preschool providers who operate under ECCE, and not previously paying rates, now being contacted by Tailte Éireann informing them that their buildings will be measured and assessed for the purpose of rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3116/26]

309. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider a waiver on commercial rates, or a portion of commercial rates or taxes, for the owners of commercial properties with defective concrete blocks who have no government scheme available to them to remediate their properties and have to constantly spend money on necessary maintenance. […

348. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has assessed the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises of recent and proposed increases in local authority commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67128/25]

349. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is engaging with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure that local authority funding pressures do not unduly increase costs for small businesses through higher commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67129/25]

350. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has undertaken, or will undertake, a whole-of-Government review of local authority funding pressures, including roads, housing, climate adaptation and other statutory functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67134/25]

372. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out an assessment of the financial sustainability of local government; his views on the fact that many councils are facing a funding crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67120/25]

374. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has assessed the extent to which local authorities are being forced to increase commercial rates to balance their budgets; the expected number of local authorities increasing rates in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67122/25]

375. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has examined the impact on small and struggling businesses of increases in commercial rates arising from local authority funding pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67123/25]

376. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to bring forward proposals to reform the local government funding model, including measures to reduce over-reliance on commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67124/25]

377. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that the current system of equalisation and central transfers ensures a fair distribution of resources between local authorities with differing rates bases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67125/25]

379. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide additional support for those local authorities that face structural funding deficits and have limited capacity to increase commercial rates without damaging their local economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67127/25]

614. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support the continuation of the rates subvention paid to Offaly County Council on foot of the closure of the Shannonbridge power station beyond 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55146/25]

699. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing an exemption of commercial rates on registered charity shops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48874/25]

700. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is taking to introduce an exemption of commercial rates on registered charity shops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48875/25]

369. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport to provide the details and addresses of all properties in the ownership of the Department that are absolved from paying commercial rates to the relevant local authority of the location that the property is in; to provide a similar list of properties for agencies or bodies under its remit that are also absolved from commercial rates, in tab…

1787. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the details and addresses of all properties in the ownership of the Department that are absolved from paying commercial rates to the relevant local authority of the location that the property is in; to provide a similar list of properties for agencies or bodies under its remit that are also absolved from …

453. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if protections will be added for family home bed and breakfasts not to become commercially rateable properties, allowing them to maintain their family home status and be protected in legislation as non-commercial properties for the purpose of local authority rates, as has been the unofficial position since foun…

741. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reform commercial rates or any other plans that might support small and micro-enterprises in rural counties such as Waterford. [28982/25]

384. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will undertake a scoping exercise on the effect of commercial rates on retail businesses; if he will examine whether a scheme based on annual turnover rather than net annual value would be more appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28884/25]

401. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the value of commercial rates collected by each local authority for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [28885/25]

405. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage of any current plans to change the legislation governing commercial rates from local authorities on businesses, in particular providing relief to local small businesses, or the possibility of differentiation of the rate so that larger multinationals pay a higher rate in a progressive manner. [27708/25]

406. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to supply any international comparative analysis of commercial rates, in terms of cost per square foot, levies on revenues, and/or as a percentage of costs to businesses. [27709/25]

524. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in light of a High Court decision last October which ruled that a Valuation Tribunal subjecting a charity shop (details supplied) to commercial rates was incorrect in law, if he can outline how that outcome will affect all other charity and community shops throughout the country with their obligation to pay co…

1369. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to address the discriminatory position whereby commercial premises with an on street presence must pay commercial rates while their online competitors do not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21273/25]