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

That will give no solace to a business faced with a big increase during a recessionary period while businesses in other counties receive no increase. The matrix provided indicates that businesses in several counties will not be revalued until 2021. Some might consider such businesses lucky. There seems to be some disparity as retailers have to shoulder a bigger increase than industrial units or businesses in IDA parks etc. Our town team did figures in that respect for Mullingar, where approximately 56% of retailers in some instances but only 16% of industrial units experienced increases. The matrix is strange. At a time when retailers are under severe pressure, they seem to be targeted in some counties. How are they selected? It is evident that Dublin, which has a huge number of businesses, was first to be revalued but the valuers did not go near Cork, which has over 20,000 units. How does the office select which county to revalue? How did it select, for example, Westmeath over Wicklow or Cavan?