asked the Minister for Finance what professional qualifications valuers employed in the Valuation Office have for the proper discharge of their functions.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Valuation Office Staff.
15.
Candidates for the position of valuer in the Valuation Office are required to hold a recognised university degree or equivalent qualification in one of the following:
Civil Engineering;
Architecture;
Agricultural Science (taken in General Agriculture);
Commerce;
Economics; or
to be corporate members, by examination, of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or of the Chartered Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institute.
I should like to inform the Minister that there is no such person as a qualified valuer in this country. The Minister should do something about this.
I am calling Question No. 16.