Section 15 of the Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019, makes specific provision that elected members of a local authority may make a scheme providing for the waiver of rates, and that such a scheme shall be approved at a local authority meeting.

Sligo County Council will consider a scheme providing for the waiver of rates applying in the 2027 local financial year.

Sligo County Council welcomes written submissions from the public on this matter specifically covering the potential effects of a scheme providing for the waiver of rates on businesses, individuals and on local authority services.

Submissions must be received by 21^st May 2026 and be sent to:

Rates Abatement, Sligo County Council, County Hall, Riverside, Sligo, F91 Y763

or

ratesabatement@sligococo.ie  

Signed:  Martin Lydon, Chief Executive

Dated: 6^th May 2026