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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: That is fair enough. I presume Mr. Lynch understands my point that things have changed and are changing rapidly with regard to small businesses in this country. There is also a difference between Dublin and the rest of the country as regards the size of the economy. I refer to the implications of this revaluation on businesses that are barely hanging on. My concern is that this needs to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: They are all separate processes which are all related. Ultimately, they amount to a payment-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: We understand the different processes and the different changes that are occurring because of legislation which is being introduced and future legislation which may be enacted. All these processes are related. Up until this week I discovered that everyone in government is saying it is nothing to do with them and that it is the job of the Valuation Office. The Department of the Environment,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: That is not my understanding of it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: Once the new Bill is enacted, will those businesses which are being revalued at the moment be able to reassess?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: Yes, but is it envisaged that such businesses will be in a position to reassess? This is a point I have raised before in regard to the legislation. I am concerned that we might have a situation where one set of businesses in a particular local authority area is assessed under one system but, once the law is passed, another set of businesses is assessed under a different system.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: That is all fine. However, the question I asked is whether businesses that are being revalued under the existing legislation will be allowed to self-assess under the new system that comes into force when the new Bill is enacted, which could be as soon as early next year.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: It is a very important point. Mr. O'Sullivan has indicated that he does not envisage businesses in that situation moving over to the new system. In that case, we will have certain groups of businesses in Dublin, Waterford, Limerick and so on being valued under an entirely different system from other groups of businesses and having to wait five years to come under the new system.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: If that were true, why bother with the legislation? Of course, it is not in fact the case. A different system is being brought in and there is good reason to introduce it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: I would expect Mr. O'Sullivan to say that, and it is fair enough in so far as it goes. I maintain, however, that we are facing into a major problem in places like Limerick, Waterford and Dublin. I understand the appeals rate in Dublin is some 40%. The bottom lines is that we are bringing in a new system, on grounds that have been well argued. Mr. O'Sullivan referred to streamlining...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: When Mr. O'Sullivan talks about moving to self-assessment, he is talking about moving to a different system. It has been spelled out why this is happening.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: Why then should we make the change in the first place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: I do not accept the rental value argument when it comes to retail properties versus manufacturing and industrial properties because of what I know about what is happening not only in the retail sector but also in small businesses and pubs. The way manufacturing and industrial properties can see a sizeable reduction in rates compared to small businesses in small towns which are seeing...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: Mr. O'Sullivan might let me finish the point. There is new legislation and a new system. Mr. O'Sullivan's interpretation differs from mine in terms of what is and what is not new and we should wait in that respect. We should all examine issues such as arrears and the reason it is the case that arrears are being written off in some local authorities and not in others. As I said to Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: Yes, fair enough, but the role of the Government is to interact with Mr. O'Sullivan to find out what is going on and what he has found. Perhaps it is a different question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: I will finish on this note. It is welcome that I had a meeting with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform this week. In the next few months my understanding is that the Department will get together with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and examine the issues surrounding everything about which we have spoken today, the legislation that has been...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: On the third point, I do not believe Mr. Lavelle answered the question. I will try to answer it for him and tell him what is happening: when tenants inherit a rates bill on renting a vacant property, the procedure is arbitrary from local authority to local authority. Some local authorities are writing off the arrears in order that the town and county will not lose the business, while in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: I think the Chairman is spot on - that is the issue. Obviously, Ms McLaughlin was not at the meeting I attended at the Department during the week. It was acknowledged then that no one is spearheading this in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, the Department of Social Protection, the Department of Finance, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Accounts 2012: Discussion with IDA Ireland (19 Sep 2013)

John Deasy: I welcome Mr. O'Leary and his colleagues. That was an interesting exchange with Deputy Shane Ross, beginning by outlining his view that it was undeniable that IDA Ireland had been and was very successful and then questioning the reasons for that being the case. I did not know what to make of it. As someone who worked on the issue of the US Senate finance committee dealing with trade, I am...