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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: I welcome the witnesses, for whom I have a few brief questions. On the theme addressed by Deputy Peter Burke, namely, the selection of the authorities, it seems strange that economically vibrant counties such as Cork and Galway have been left behind, if I can phrase it in that way, in the revaluation process and placed in the blue zone. One would have expect these counties to have been a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: Does it still create an inequality in terms of focusing on areas that are seen to be perhaps moving ahead at a greater pace than counties in the midlands?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: When properties are being revalued in various counties how are empty properties addressed? Parts of Carlow have one of the highest proportions of empty commercial properties in the country. At what stage is it decided that such properties are no longer rateable?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: What kind of a timespan are we talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: Does it create a false picture in the event there was a business in a certain commercial unit where activity had ceased six or seven years ago during the depression and it is still rateable? The Valuation Office is rating it for X amount and a local authority is in theory liable to collect the money but there is no business being carried out.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: Charity shops are an issue in certain parts of the country. Are they rateable?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: Do they all pay?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: If one takes St. Vincent de Paul, for example, which does a lot of very valuable work, and has charity shops in most towns around the country, all the resources it raises are for charitable purposes so it defeats the purpose to a certain extent for it to be collecting money, most likely for the local community, to do the work Departments should be doing or are not capable of doing for one...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: Could Mr. O'Sullivan take me through the appeals process? Before he does that could he indicate how many applications are appealed and what is the success rate?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: What percentage of valuations were appealed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: Is there a cost to go to the tribunal?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: That is a modest enough charge but there is no point in any individual or business going to a tribunal unless they have additional resources. An industry has been created around the tribunal process. Ms Smyth spoke of the difficulty in employing valuers. Valuers have set themselves up to defend and help businesses when they are before a tribunal. They do not come cheap and the company has...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: How long does the tribunal process take?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: Has Mr. O'Sullivan noticed a trend, such as an increase or a decrease in valuations of different properties and businesses?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: Does the office use the trading figures in all situations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 11: National Property Revaluation Programme (25 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: There could be false figures too. A rural pub could be rented for a certain amount but only open two or three evenings a week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (24 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: Apologies have been received from Deputy Martin Kenny.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: Before we begin, I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to make sure their mobile phones are completely switched off. We are here today to discuss the special reports of the European Court of Auditors on EU support to young farmers and on the rural affairs programmes. I welcome from the European Court of Auditors, Mr. Kevin Cardiff, Mr. Janusz Wojciechowski, members,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: We will take questions on that. I call Deputy Carey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)

Pat Deering: Will the Deputy, please, stick to the issue? We can come back to the issue of young farmers.