Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

That is one issue hotels have raised with me. In other cases, many of them shut down bedrooms and keep a bar open. There are various ways of operating. If there was a more up to date and equitable revaluation then it would be within their power to be able to pay because they would be able to see it was fair. Another issue to which I referred briefly in my answer is that all of the burden falls on businesses. When water rates and additional local contributions - another word for property tax - included in the plan are implemented that will balance out the payments being made to local authorities and should help businesses generally.

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