Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office

11:30 am

Mr. John O'Sullivan:

No, the appeal system will not be gone. The proposal in the Bill, which is completely separate, is that one of the current stages at which an appeal can be raised will be removed but that the remaining stage, namely, the representation stage, which is much more informal, will be bolstered. This is what we have just been discussing here. Consequently, the fairness of procedures will be absolutely retained and there will be a full opportunity-----