Property tax appeals workload
Michael Healy-Rae asks whether more appeals commissioners will be appointed to handle property-tax appeals; Rabbitte says no legislation is promised and reports no evidence that the existing commissioners cannot cope.
We already have two overworked appeals commissioners. They are now being told they must deal with appeals related to the property tax. They cannot cope with the current level of work. Is legislation promised to beef up the functions of appeals commissioners and to appoint more commissioners to carry on the already heavy workload? It will be crazy if they are already overworked to expect them to deal with appeals related to the property tax, which will come flooding in.
Comment on this
No legislation is promised. Neither the Minister for Finance nor I have any evidence the appeals commissioners cannot cope with their backlog of work. I do not know if the Deputy envisages they will have additional work as a result of the application of property tax but until now the two gentlemen concerned have been able to dispose of their workload as required and in a reasonable timeframe.
Comment on this
What will happen from now on?