Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill will become law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53732/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2012 had its second stage reading in Seanad Éireann on 11th October, 2012. The Bill provides for a number of initiatives to accelerate the overall revaluation programme, such as the piloting of a self-assessment scheme of valuation in one local authority area, which if it proves successful could be extended to other areas. There is also provision in the Bill to allow for the piloting of the assessment of valuations by contract valuers under an external delivery scheme. The Bill also contains provisions to streamline the overall process of revaluation and the appeal mechanisms available to ratepayers subsequent to the revaluation.

The Bill is expected to be ready for Committee stage in the Seanad early in the New Year. Subject to availability of time in both houses and the Bill successfully passing the remaining stages in the Seanad and Dáil I expect that it will be enacted in the first half of 2014.