Childcare facilities must pay rates arrears says Cork County Council

Community-run childcare facilities will have to pay rates arrears, Cork County Council insisted yesterday, despite new regulations that permit non-profit companies to apply to the Valuation Office to seek exemption of rates in future years.

Council chief executive, Tim Lucey, said 2015 rates would be waived, if exemptions were granted by the year-end.

But he rejected demands from councillors to write off outstanding payments.