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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: Does it come down to a case-by-case scenario for finance sections in local authorities as to how they handle the situation?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: It would be helpful if the officials forwarded to us the figure for the cumulative net worth.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: This is a wider question. We had the Valuation Office next door where we discussed the slow pace of work of the Reval nationwide and the impact of same. I would appreciate if the officials forwarded the figure for the cumulative net worth to us.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: It would be useful if we could get a note on the average waiting times because that is an important part of this process as well.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: I move amendment No. 8: In page 8, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(6) (a) The Minister may allow for a multi-annual increase in a rate payment and multiannual decrease in a rate payment following a re-valuation if requested by a local authority. (b) The Minister may by direction in writing amend or revoke a direction under this section (including a direction...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: To pick up on Deputy Casey's point, the Minister said the general outcome of previous revaluations has resulted in a 60% reduction for rate payers and 40% of businesses had experienced an increase. He said there were only isolated cases where there were significant increases and that they were a rarity. Meath had a revaluation this year, as had Wicklow, and Westmeath and Longford had...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: I move amendment No. 10: In page 9, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “(13) The Minister may make regulations with regard to the abatement of rates in respect of vacant properties and those regulations may, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, include provision for the public consultation process that must be followed by a local...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: The Minister of State accepts the thrust of what we are trying to do. We are prepared to work with him on Report Stage so he can accept this amendment and insert it into the Bill.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: That is fine.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: Yes, that is fine. We will withdraw the amendment on the basis of what we have discussed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: I move amendment No. 11: In page 11, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(4) The Minister shall make regulations with regard to an inability to pay clause for rateable premises.”. I will press this amendment. It seeks to make regulations regarding an inability to pay clause for rateable premises. In our earlier discussions the Minister of State spoke about...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: The last few comments by the Minister of State give us the essence of this matter. I agree that in many cases chief executives and directors of finance are showing that discretion around the country. It is not always the case, however. In my own county we have a chief executive who is a former head of finance and our head of finance works closely in that regard as well. That works well...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: Yes, it is.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: The value of this debate and Deputy Ó Broin’s comments highlight the impact of the wider problem of the growing dependency of local authorities on rates as their main source of income. In the autumn, local authority members, especially newly-elected councillors, would be seeking to push the boundaries of what local authorities can do. It is then that they suddenly realise local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has lost its special class placement after more than 20 years; and if same will be reinstated. [26376/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: 322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in County Meath in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [26108/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for children with an intellectual disability in County Meath in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [26109/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adolescents with an intellectual disability in County Meath in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [26110/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in County Meath in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [26111/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Shane Cassells: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with intellectual disabilities in residential care in County Meath in tabular form. [26112/19]