Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will try to outline the rationale behind this amendment in another way. Currently, there is no provision for the correction of an error prior to publication. For example, if a valuation certificate issued today contained an error and that error was not corrected prior to the publication date, the occupier would not have simple recourse in terms of having that error rectified. We are speaking in this regard of clerical errors which can be amended by the valuation manager rather than having to go through the reserved function of the commissioner. It is a practical measure which speeds up efficiencies and assures occupiers that where errors occur they can be corrected in a speedy manner in advance of a list being published, following which they would have to go through a more complex process.