Ms Josephine Feehily:

We certainly have had detailed engagement with the Department of Social Protection. We must remember this is offered in the first instance as a service. This is a voluntary option that people can opt for in the form. They can opt to pay their local property tax by deduction at source, so we have set up a deduction at source arrangement with the Department of Social Protection which primarily - this is my strong expectation - will be used almost exclusively on a voluntary basis. If people want to spread the payments and do not have salary then their regular payment is their pension and if they want to pay through a deduction at source in their pension, it is entirely voluntary in the first instance. We have had detailed engagement with the Department and arrangements are in place. I have to say I do not believe we have had engagement with banks because, quite frankly, this is a normal part of our toolkit. Attachment orders involving financial institutions would be used a number of times a year in any event, so banks would be familiar with that.