HC Deb 10 February 1902 vol 102 cc862-3
MR. THOMAS O'DONNELL (Kerry, W.)

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that the Commissioner of Valuation has refused to re-value the line of railway known as the Limerick and Kerry Railway, although the Kerry County Council have asked for this valuation on the grounds of its being undervalued; and whether, considering the rates paid by the ratepayers of Kerry for railway guarantees, he will instruct the Commissioner of Valuation to comply with the demand of the Kerry County Council to re-value this line.

MR. WYNDHAM

The Limerick and Kerry Railway forms portion of the Great Southern and Western Railway, and cannot be re-valued except as part of, and in connection with, the entire system. The Commissioner of Valuation will be prepared to re-value the whole system at the next annual revision, provided application for a re-valuation be made by the rating bodies interested.

MR. THOMAS O'DONNELL

Was the application made and refused?

MR. WYNDHAM

I am not aware of that.