Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----he or she pays an extra €120 because he or she cannot afford to do it upfront and cannot afford a new car. Mr. Scully has just told me that 75% of people pay online, for which the administrative cost per transaction is €5. If a person pays online four times a year, the cost to the Department in administrative terms is €20. However, people are being charged €120. It is a rip-off of the poor. I am not blaming Mr. Scully, but this system will change. That is a gross rip-off of people with old cars, the tax for which is very expensive. The cost of processing the transaction is minimal, and the Department charges a person who cannot afford to make a single annual payment, and so pays by the quarter, €120 in processing fees. The actual cost to the Department when a person makes four online transactions in four quarters is €20. That is a rip-off. That is the last word. I will finish on that. I hope those present follow what I am saying. This jumped out to me when I read the report a year ago.