Eamon Scanlon
Question:596. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 19 December 2018, if the Valuation Office is acting to meet international best practice; the reason the methodology it uses to value the Annual Rate on Valuation, ARV, of forecourt stations does not take into account the system used in Northern Ireland, which is to treat the shop element of the business in the same way as neighbourhood shops are treated; his views on whether this would be a sensible and precedented approach (details supplied); his further views on whether attention should be paid to the level of detail set out in the Northern Ireland practice notes as compared to the recently published Valuation Office practice notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3868/19]
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