Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 will be enacted including the provision which makes changes to the liability of certain sports clubs to local authority rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37601/14]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012  commenced Committee Stage in the Seanad yesterday. Further time for the Committee Stage in the Seanad is scheduled for early October.  

This is a complex piece of legislation and there are a significant number of amendments to be debated. Among the amendments which we are bringing forward will be one that will ease the rates burden for many local community sports clubs. Community sports clubs will only be liable for rates on those parts of their buildings that are used for the generation of income such as the sale of alcohol.

Subject to the deliberations in the Oireachtas and the availability of time in the Seanad and in the Dáil, I would like to see this Bill enacted before the end of the year.