Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is comprehensive legislation and it is going forward for pre-legislative scrutiny. It essentially will modernise our rates legislation that dates back to the 1920s. It will allow local authorities to have more autonomy in terms of altering those rates up and down in a way that can drive commercial activity into certain parts of certain counties and cities. This legislation is badly needed. The sooner we can co-operate with other parties to bring it forward, the better.

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