Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has a number of items of legislation on the Government's legislative programme. Is there anything in those pieces of legislation that will be used to reduce commercial rates? These rates are crippling small businesses, particularly retail businesses, throughout the country. Also, is there legislation on the way that will allow the Government to revisit the issue of upward only rents or is that issue finally dead in the water?

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