Chambers Ireland Weekly Digest: 12th February 2018
Summary of the Valuation System and National Revaluation Programme
Working with the Valuation Office, Chambers Ireland has put together a summary which aims to assist Chambers and their members in the understanding of the Valuation System and National Revaluation Programme which is currently undertaking a revaluation of all rateable properties in Ireland. The attached summary provides brief information including the role of the Valuation Office, reasons why rates increase and how to appeal a valuation.
The purpose of a revaluation is to bring more equity, uniformity, fairness and transparency into the local authority rating system resulting in a more equitable distribution of commercial rates among ratepayers. Following revaluation there will be a much closer relationship between the rental value or valuation of a property and its commercial rates liability.
Neither residential property nor agricultural lands are rateable and consequently are not affected by the revaluation.
The programme has already been completed in the Carlow, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Kildare, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Longford, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, South Dublin and Westmeath County Councils and in Dublin City Council, Waterford City and County Council and Limerick City and County Council rating authority areas. A second revaluation of the South Dublin county council rating authority area was completed in 2017.
Revaluation 2019 will result in the revaluation of commercial and industrial properties in Cavan, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow County Councils. The Fingal County Council Rating Authority area will undergo a second Revaluation having initially been the subject of a Revaluation in 2009.
Please find attached a summary providing brief information including the role of the Valuation Office, reasons why rates increase and how to appeal a valuation.
Click here to see a map of the National Revaluation Programme
Further information on the Valuation Office can be found on their website here: www.valoff.ie.
If you have any related queries please contact Leona Murphy via her email address Leona.Murphy@chambers.ie or call on +353 1 4004308.
Foras na Gaeilge sponsoring Business All Stars 2018 at the All Ireland Business Summit
Tá Foras na Gaeilge ag déanamh urraíochta ar ghradam All-Star Use of Irish Language Award 2018. Tabhair faoi deara, cé go bhfuil 12 Feabhra luaite, glacfar le hiarratais suas go dtí an Luan 19 Feabhra.
Moltar do ghnóanna atá ag cur chun cinn na Gaeilge iarratas a dhéanamh.
Foras na Gaeilge are sponsoring a Business All Stars 2018 award in recognition of businesses that use Irish language as a marketing tool.
The All Ireland Business Summit takes place in Croke Park on Thursday 19 April. At the event, 21 awards will be presented, including the “All Star Use of Irish Language Award 2018”, see here for details: https://bizallstarawards.ie/
Applications will be accepted until Monday 19 February. If your business provides services through Irish or uses Irish language on signage, packaging, company website, social media, etc. you are advised to submit an application so that your business can be considered for the award.
InterTradeIreland Breakfast Briefings & Go2Tender
InterTradeIreland, in partnership with the Office of Government Procurement, Ibec, SFA, ISME, CIF and Chambers Ireland are delivering a series of breakfast workshops to educate and engage businesses on the island around public procurement, a market worth in the region of €12 billion per annum.
Following the first Breakfast Briefing in the series at the end of January, the next Breakfast Briefing is taking place on Wednesday, 28 February 2018 at Granville Hotel, Waterford and is hosted in partnership with Waterford Chamber and is now available to register for by following this link.
As before with the InterTradeIreland Breakfast Briefings series, please find attached the schedule of upcoming Breakfast Briefings – please circulate this schedule and this notice providing an overview of the briefings with your members.
EPRS Newsletter
The latest edition of the European Parliamentary Research Service newsletter, developed in partnership between the EU institutions of the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee, provides analysis on the state of play of the European Commission’s ten priorities, asserted under the Presidency of Jean-Claude Juncker, the Economic and Budgetary Outlook for the EU for 2018 as well as it’s demographic outlook for this year, a round-up of the most recent European Parliament plenary sessions and more. Please find the newsletter attached to this email.
European Movement Ireland – Citizens’ Dialogue on the Future of Europe, featuring Minister of State for European Affairs, Helen McEntee TD in Cork
The latest Citizen’s Dialogue in the Future of Europe series, will be taking place in County Cork, organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and European Movement Ireland, Ireland’s oldest European-affairs-focused organisation. The event will take place on Thursday, 22 February 2018 from 5.30pm at Cork County Hall, Carrigrohane Road, County Cork.
In attendance will be Minister of State for European Affairs, Helen McEntee TD.
The dialogue is free to attend but registration is required – click here to register.
Employer Disability Information – ‘WorkABLE Future 2018’ Event
Employer Disability Information, in partnership with Hays recruitment will hold the ‘WorkABLE Future 2018’ event in Croke Park, Dublin on Tuesday 27th of March, 10am to 1pm.
The event will bring together Ireland’s leading Disability & Inclusion professionals and educate attendees on how diversity can benefit organisations and what supports are available to engage with the talent pool of individuals with disabilities.
Please find attached a promotional advert for the event – we would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate it amongst your networks and members.
If you are interested in attending the event or have any queries, please contact Seònaid Ó Murchadha, HR & Disability Project Manager at Employer Disability Information via her email seonaid@employerdisabilityinfo.ie.
Peninsula: Retirement Age Policy Considerations Guidance Documents
We have received a number of enquiries in relation to the Retirement Age that is stated in contracts of employment, particularly in light of the Government’s intentions to defer entitlement to the State Pension to the age of 68 in due course. In response to this issue, Peninsula has put together two documents which are attached:
- a briefing note which acts as a guidance on drafting a policy on retirement age which may be of use to your members in drafting contracts of employment
and
- an overview note of the Code of Practice on Retirement Age (Longer Working) by the Work Place Commission, which offers further context and guidance for drafting a retirement age policy
In summary, their recommendation is that employers consider including the standard age for retirement as 68 in their contracts of employment.