Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would make one further point. In the previous legislation we had a full exemption for sporting activities. The Minister of State has now watered that down in what I consider is probably a balanced way, but I am depending on the Valuation Office not to go looking where it has no business. These are not commercial entities; they are clubs. If the Valuation Office is going to start looking for technicalities or nit-picking, it will cause huge anger, which would be wrong.We want to see the maps of these clubs with bars to be redrawn to ensure they have lower rates bills as soon as possible.