Results 21,761-21,780 of 26,081 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell

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: Retail or industrial?

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 point I am making is that they will not see any increase. They will more than likely see a decrease.

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: Moving on to the retail sector, which is under enormous pressure, particularly in city centres, where businesses are hanging in, so to speak, we want those in the sector to stay in business because if we want people to walk down the high street there has to be something on offer. If there is nothing on offer people will not come into the city centres. Mr. Lavelle might tell me the...

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: How far advanced is the office in that regard?

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: Can Mr. Lavelle give me a timeframe?

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: Will the office do the industrial side concurrently with the retail side?

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: Is it doing all the industrial bodies first and then moving on to retail for valuations?

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. Lavelle expects to have it fully concluded by December of 2014.

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: Proposed certificates will be issued in March 2014.