Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am disappointed with the Minister of State's response. I acknowledge he accepts the principle and I was looking for a generous response rather than a technical response. I understand the distinction he has drawn in dividing the building and I accept the building use can change over the valuation period but this is the classic Sir Humphrey response. The Minister of State agrees in principle that something can be done in this regard and he agrees with what I am trying to achieve but he has been given a list of technical excuses to say he cannot do what is essentially the decent thing to do.

I mentioned that in various towns not-for-profit and private sector providers operate on the same street. The Minister of State thought that one was in one category and the other was in a different category. Perhaps I am being slightly hard on him.

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