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- Afrikaans — Afrikaans
- Albanian — Shqip
- Amharic — አማርኛ
- Arabic — العربية
- Armenian — Հայերեն
- Assamese — অসমীয়া
- Aymara — Aymar aru
- Azerbaijani — Azərbaycan dili
- Bambara — Bamanankan
- Basque — Euskara
- Belarusian — Беларуская
- Bengali — বাংলা
- Bhojpuri — भोजपुरी
- Bosnian — Bosanski
- Bulgarian — Български
- Catalan — Català
- Cebuano — Sinugbuanong Binisayâ
- Chichewa — Chichewa
- Chinese (Simplified) — 简体中文
- Chinese (Traditional) — 繁體中文
- Corsican — Corsu
- Croatian — Hrvatski
- Czech — Čeština
- Danish — Dansk
- Dhivehi — ދިވެހި
- Dogri — डोगरी
- Dutch — Nederlands
- English — English
- Esperanto — Esperanto
- Estonian — Eesti
- Ewe — Eʋegbe
- Filipino — Filipino
- Finnish — Suomi
- French — Français
- Frisian — Frysk
- Galician — Galego
- Georgian — ქართული
- German — Deutsch
- Greek — Ελληνικά
- Guarani — Avañe’ẽ
- Gujarati — ગુજરાતી
- Haitian Creole — Kreyòl ayisyen
- Hausa — Hausa
- Hawaiian — ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
- Hebrew — עברית
- Hindi — हिन्दी
- Hmong — Hmoob
- Hungarian — Magyar
- Icelandic — Íslenska
- Igbo — Asụsụ Igbo
- Ilocano — Ilokano
- Indonesian — Bahasa Indonesia
- Irish — Gaeilge
- Italian — Italiano
- Japanese — 日本語
- Javanese — Basa Jawa
- Kannada — ಕನ್ನಡ
- Kazakh — Қазақ тілі
- Khmer — ភាសាខ្មែរ
- Kinyarwanda — Ikinyarwanda
- Konkani — कोंकणी
- Korean — 한국어
- Krio — Krio
- Kurdish (Kurmanji) — Kurdî
- Kurdish (Sorani) — کوردی
- Kyrgyz — Кыргызча
- Lao — ລາວ
- Latin — Latina
- Latvian — Latviešu
- Lingala — Lingála
- Lithuanian — Lietuvių
- Luganda — Luganda
- Luxembourgish — Lëtzebuergesch
- Macedonian — Македонски
- Maithili — मैथिली
- Malagasy — Malagasy
- Malay — Bahasa Melayu
- Malayalam — മലയാളം
- Maltese — Malti
- Maori — Māori
- Marathi — मराठी
- Meiteilon (Manipuri) — ꯃꯦꯏꯇꯦꯏꯂꯣꯟ (ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ) ꯴.
- Mizo — Mizo ṭawng
- Mongolian — Монгол хэл
- Myanmar (Burmese) — မြန်မာစာ
- Nepali — नेपाली
- Norwegian — Norsk
- Odia (Oriya) — ଓଡ଼ିଆ
- Oromo — Afaan Oromoo
- Pashto — پښتو
- Persian — فارسی
- Polish — Polski
- Portuguese — Português
- Punjabi — ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
- Quechua — Runa Simi
- Romanian — Română
- Russian — Русский
- Samoan — Gagana Samoa
- Sanskrit — संस्कृतम्
- Scots Gaelic — Gàidhlig
- Sepedi — Sepedi
- Serbian — Српски
- Sesotho — Sesotho
- Shona — Shona
- Sindhi — سنڌي
- Sinhala — සිංහල
- Slovak — Slovenčina
- Slovenian — Slovenščina
- Somali — Soomaali
- Spanish — Español
- Sundanese — Basa Sunda
- Swahili — Kiswahili
- Swedish — Svenska
- Tajik — Тоҷикӣ
- Tamil — தமிழ்
- Tatar — Татар теле
- Telugu — తెలుగు
- Thai — ไทย
- Tigrinya — ትግርኛ
- Tsonga — Xitsonga
- Turkish — Türkçe
- Turkmen — Türkmençe
- Twi — Twi
- Ukrainian — Українська
- Urdu — اردو
- Uyghur — ئۇيغۇرچە
- Uzbek — Oʻzbekcha
- Vietnamese — Tiếng Việt
- Welsh — Cymraeg
- Xhosa — IsiXhosa
- Yiddish — ייִדיש
- Yoruba — Yorùbá
- Zulu — IsiZulu
Rates fund public services in Northern Ireland, both regional and local. Your rates bill includes the regional rate and the district rate.
Regional rate
The regional rate is set annually. The rate applies in each council area in Northern Ireland. This pays for services including:
- education
- emergency
- hospitals
- law and order
- roads
- social services and community development
All ratepayers contribute towards public services. There is no specific amount linked to availability or usage of any particular public service.
District rate
Each council sets an annual district rate for their area in Northern Ireland. This pays for local services including:
- arts, events and recreation
- building control
- leisure/community centres
- environmental health
- tourism
- waste management
You can get more information about your district rate and what it pays for in your area by contacting your council.
How rates contribute to public spending
The rates you pay contribute to public services such as health, education, justice and other regional services.
To see an example of how a ratepayer's rates contribute to public services, go to:
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