Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is part of the spin we have been getting from the Minister who, along with many of his colleagues, has been fairly good at it over the past three years. Will it decrease by 10% towards the lower rate? What will happen over the ten years? Will there be no increases? This will be swallowed up in overall council decision-making with regard to rates in the future. The lower rate that is enjoyed now by hard-pressed businesspeople will evaporate. The Minister is saying the theory is that it will go downwards.