Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring forward legislation reforming the way local authority commercial rates are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6993/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. The determination of the annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is applied to a property valuation to calculate rates, is a decision taken locally by the elected members of a local authority in their annual budget. I have no plans at present to amend the legislation in this area.