An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2024-03-20
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Danny Healy-Rae (IND), Kerry

I thank the Ceann Comhairle. New valuation figures for commercial rates and properties in County Kerry became effective on 1 January 2024. This has meant a massive increase for many ratepayers, with the demands received in recent days double, treble and even four times the amounts they normally paid back over the years. Many traders appealed the increased valuations by the due date in October 2023. Approximately 260 appeals are still with the Valuation Office. Many others, however, have yet to appeal and are in the process of engagement with Tailte Éireann and the Valuation Tribunal. Many traders in Kerry are contemplating financial ruin with the increased unreasonable demands they have received. I am asking that the Valuation Tribunal pause the demands that are being disputed until they are resolved.

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Sitting date: 2024-03-20