Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There is a compliance rate of 91% according to the figures Ms Feehily has given us today. This is a customer service issue. If half of the customers wish to pay through this system, the system should be made as compliant as possible. While the secretariat may have put the word "premature" in the letter I would have edited it. I would see that a withdrawal of the payment in a period when the payment is not due as being premature. We can argue the semantics later.

My examination of this shows that the Data Commissioner sees no difficulty with this. If the Revenue has information from the Data Commissioner saying he has concerns with it, I would like to hear it this afternoon. Will Ms Feehily give this consideration? Perhaps it is impossible to do it because it is a new tax. People came into the system in July paying a half year sum and probably the majority of people out there, particularly PAYE workers, do not engage with the Revenue as much as private business people do, so there is a learning curve for all of us. In terms of improving the Revenue's customer services, if the system cannot be changed for this year, can consideration be given to changing it for next year?