Mr. John Hogan:

On the Deputy's first point, I believe that the rationale and reasons for introducing the property tax were manyfold. I was not dealing with it at the time, so I would have to go back and check the record as to whether the potential effect on property prices was considered.

On the deferrals issue, from the Revenue statistics we have, the 62,000 properties with LPT deferrals in place amount to €61.7 million-----