§ Mr. NEWMANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of valuations on an occasion under The Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, that are at the present date awaiting investigation in the Dublin Land Valuation Office; how many such valuations have actually been completed since the 1st January of this year; and what is the number of the staff at present engaged in Dublin on this kind of work?
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§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEAbout 10,000 cases of valuation on occasion have been received. Of these about 7,000 are being dealt with, some identified, some awaiting return of Form IV., others of the Provisional Valuation, and others being valued. Any statement as to the number completed since 1st January, or any estimate of the number of men employed on this work would be misleading, the work being done by the same valuers and concurrently with the general valuation of rateable hereditaments under the Finance Act.
§ Mr. NEWMANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the remuneration that is being paid by the Irish Land Valuation Department for the furnishing to them of the names of owners of hereditaments with a view to the serving of Form IV. or other purpose under the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910; and whether he can state what officials have been asked to undertake the duty?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe remuneration paid for furnishing the names and addresses of owners of property is one penny for each hereditament except in the case of Belfast, where the information was supplied by the corporation at the actual cost for copying. The persons employed are rate collectors, clerks of unions, or any other local person who is able to give the information.