Ms Geraldine Tallon:

There has been very extensive data sharing with the Revenue Commissioners. As the Deputy will recall, this issue was discussed at considerable length at a meeting of this committee last year. We started from a standing start. There was no database of properties that were potentially liable. A database has been rather painstakingly constructed over the course of the year in the context of the implementation of the household charge. That database has been given to the Revenue Commissioners. I understand it has been extremely helpful for the Revenue Commissioners during the process of preparing for the implementation of the property tax. There is a close working relationship between the Local Government Management Agency, which has been implementing the household charge, and the Revenue Commissioners.