Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)

With the €50 registration charge we will collect half the cost of the e-voting machines, but it is unnecessary. People are being asked to pay the €100 household charge. The Department has designed an online payments system and a manual form for those who wish to pay over the counter. I am sure it has engaged consultants and incurred significant costs in designing a system to collect the €100 charge from 1.6 million households. Every household with a septic tank will need to pay the household charge. In the Department's wisdom and the spirit of promoting leaner government and the more efficient delivery of public services, why did it not design a dual system?

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