MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Government Valuation Office recently increased the valuation of a blacksmith named Thomas O'Halloran, in Tulla, County Clare, from £3 10s. to £9, because he put up an open shed in front of his forge, which, with his house, was only valued at £3 10s.; is he aware that this increase 277 of valuation by £6 involves an annual increase in rates of £1 6s.; was any notice of the rise given to the blacksmith to enable an appeal to be lodged; and, is there any supervising authority to check the revisor's action?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR IRELANDThe rateable valuation of these premises was increased, as stated, from £3 10s. to £9, involving an increase in rates to the extent mentioned in the second paragraph. The necessity for a revision of the valuation in this case was brought before the Commissioner of Valuation by the Clerk of the Union, in accordance with the Act 17 Vic. Cap. 8, and notices of the receipt of the revised Valuation Lists were duly posted as required by the 15 and 16 Vic. Cap. 63, under which an appeal is provided. All important valuations of buildings or other rateable hereditaments are supervised by the Chief Valuer of the Valuation Department, or by the Commissioner of Valuation, before being issued.