Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On efficiency, I note the slow pace of valuation. How does Mr. O'Sullivan justify that a business in Limerick or Westmeath may have had a 400% increase in rates but an equivalent property in a place such as Cork or Wicklow might have to wait seven years more before it is revalued? The initial revaluation in some counties was carried out during the deep recessionary period, and that was the case for many midland counties, yet no revaluation was carried out in certain other counties during that period and businesses there are, in theory, operating off a lower rate, as some are, and will be revalued in 2021 when the recovery gathers pace. How is that fair?