asked the Minister for Social Welfare if farmers under £20 valuation being derated will have the valuation on land deducted from their demand notes; and what effect this will have on small farmers applying for qualification certificates for unemployment assistance.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Derating and Unemployment Assistance.
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The relief being granted to farmers in certain ranges of valuation from liability for rates on land will not affect the land-valuation itself, which will still stand. The valuation of their land is and must continue to be the normal yardstick for calculating, at the existing rate of £20 per year per £ valuation, the farm income of smallholders in congested areas who apply for qualification certificates under the Unemployment Assistance Acts.