Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will come back to it. In the meantime, global valuations for gas companies, EirGrid, the ESB and various telecommunications companies are done and divided proportionally among each local authority based on population. It depends on the services, of course and, for example, Bord Gáis Energy rates cannot be distributed to every local authority because not every local authority has natural gas. We will write to the Valuation Office straight away and ask for a complete report and breakdown of the global valuations of all the groups I have indicated, and for an indication of the total global valuation and the breakdown among the relevant local authorities, as well as how it is going to deal with the Irish Water situation. There is a mechanism for us to get the information. Maybe we should place on the public record those areas of activity which are exempt from rates, namely, most public offices, government buildings, hospitals, public schools, etc.