Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 January 2014
22. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown, on a county basis, of the number of appeals received by the Commissioner of Valuation after revaluations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51928/13]
View answerConducting a revaluation of all commercial and industrial properties in the State has been a policy of successive Governments since the enactment of the Valuation Act, 2001 and, as I mentioned in a previous reply, the Commissioner of Valuation has, in accordance with that policy, been conducting a revaluation programme since 2005. The revaluation programme which has been completed in three County Council areas in Dublin, began in November 2005 in the South Dublin County Council area and has since been rolled out to the areas covered by Fingal and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Councils.
The revaluation of South Dublin was completed in December 2007, Fingal was completed in 2009 and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown was completed in 2010. After publication of the revaluation, the Act provides for an appeal to the Commissioner of Valuation and following the Commissioner's decision on this appeal, the ratepayer has the further option of making an appeal to the independent Valuation Tribunal. There is also a further appeal on a point of law to the High and Supreme Courts.
In reply to the Deputy's question, I am setting out the number of appeals received by the Commissioner of Valuation following the publication of the revaluation results in the three local authority areas where the revaluation has been completed. For completeness, I am also supplying the number of subsequent appeals that were made to the Valuation Tribunal, where the occupiers of property were dissatisfied with the Commissioner's decisions on appeal.
The revaluation of the Dublin City Council area and the rating authority areas of Waterford City and County and Dungarvan Town Council was completed recently and the results published on 31 December 2013. As the subsequent appeal period will run until 8 February 2014, similar statistics to those shown in the following table are not yet available.
|
Rating Authority Area |
Number of Appeals to the Commissioner of Valuation |
Number of Appeals to the Valuation Tribunal |
|
South Dublin County Council |
725 (11.5%) * |
227 (3.6%) * |
|
Fingal County Council |
819 (14.4%) |
100 (1.75%) |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council |
1,148 (22.2%) |
302 (5.84% |
*% of Revaluations by the Commissioner of Valuation.
