Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage

Photo of Pat CaseyPat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I will briefly speak to the amendment. I put on the record that I am a commercial ratepayer so that everybody knows that. Wicklow went through it is revaluation process this year and March was an exceptionally busy month in my office. The purpose of this amendment to take the shock out of a revaluation system. As the Minister of Sate said, 40% of properties received an increase.