Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 18, line 43, to delete “year.”.” and substitute the following:

“year.”,

(e) in Schedule 4 by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 22:

“23.—(1) Any building or part of a building occupied by a member of a local authority which is used exclusively for the purposes of accommodating his or her constituency office and the whole or

part of the expenses incurred in maintaining that accommodation are defrayed by that member or representative.

(2) In this paragraph ‘constituency office’ means an office which is used solely for the provision of representative services by the member of a local authority concerned in his or her capacity as

such a member or representative but does not include the head office of a political party or any other office occupied by a political party.”.”.

In light of the presentation the Minister gave here last night, and his commitment to look after public representatives with respect to rates, there is no point in pressing this amendment today. I will withdraw it and I thank the Minister for his commitment to those who represent citizens.