Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the current commercial rates waiver into 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1274/21]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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In order to continue supporting businesses and other ratepayers, and in recognition of the impacts of the ongoing trajectory of COVID 19 and the associated public health restrictions, the Government recently announced that a commercial rates waiver will be applied in the first quarter of 2021 to businesses most seriously affected by ongoing restrictions. €160 million has been allocated to meet the cost of this waiver. The details are currently being finalised in line with Government decisions on level five restrictions and my Department will issue details to local authorities in the coming days.