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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)

Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. As it stands at present, the Valuation Office has no latitude to take into account non-valuation factors in the valuation.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Effectively, the Valuation Office is constrained by legislation.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: I am looking at this issue purely as a representative-----

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

Kieran O'Donnell: -----with businesses under enormous pressure. I do not think Mr. O'Sullivan can even imagine it. I refer to family businesses which have been in operation for years through various generations that have stuck with the heart of the city. We must find some way to facilitate them. I take on board the point that it really is about engagement with the Valuation Office.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Has the Valuation Office engaged with Limerick Chamber?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: My worry in respect of the process is one will find that small businesses will decide they have had enough. They could be employing two or three people-----

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

Kieran O'Donnell: -----and therefore, I think it is about engagement. On a final technical point, I note the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 will introduce self-assessment like the tax system and I wish to understand that system. How often will people be obliged to send in a return? Will it apply every five years? The witnesses should walk me through the process. As the appeal system will be...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: The witnesses should provide an example of how this would operate in practice.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: From what year will this be effective?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Has the Valuation Office decided on a location for the pilot?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: From what year will that be effective?

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. O'Sullivan should give me a brief example.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: It is a case of "Help me to help you".

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

Kieran O'Donnell: The ratepayers will not provide their own value.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. Therefore, it is not strictly self-assessment.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Effectively, it is assisting the Valuation Office in doing its work.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: It means the Valuation Office's valuer is not obliged to physically put a tape on the building. The office may be obliged to carry out audits and so forth.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: The witnesses should provide an explanation about the appeal system going, as this has been quite a prominent feature of the entire subject of rates.

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, the internal appeal will probably be the first step. If someone receives a valuation from the Valuation Office and is not happy with it, can he or she appeal it to the appeals commissioner?