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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 978. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress that has been made regarding an adoption agreement between Ireland and India; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46931/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 1238. To ask the Minister for Health if a special chair will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46963/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 212. To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made on an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47497/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 216. To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made on an application for a medical a card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47514/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: No. 8 on the agenda is the recording of decisions taken at the Sub-Committee on European Scrutiny - Finance and Expenditure on Thursday, 7 November. This is purely technical as the joint committee wishes to record the recommendations agreed to at the meeting. The following recommendations were proposed to the joint committee. On Schedule A, it was recommended that COM (2013) 520 warranted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I understand this meeting is being broadcast on two cable networks. I ask members to switch off their mobile phones because they cause much interference and I will have members of the public emailing to say there is distortion of the sound. The next item on the agenda is matters relating to the payment of the local property tax for 2014. I welcome from the Revenue Commissioners Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I again thank Ms Feehily for the promptness with which she appeared before the committee and I appreciate the postponement of the deadline for people to file their returns. I propose that we allocate 12 minutes for the first round of questions, eight minutes for the second round and five minutes for the third round, following which we will do a wrap up. Is that agreed? Agreed. Is it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I understand the figure is 988,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: A further 16% paid by credit card, totalling approximately 50%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: There are seven payment options but the most popular appears to be the single lump payment by debit card or credit card.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I will return to the question of how debit cards and credit cards work. For this evening can we agree that a one-off payment by either debit or credit card is the preferred option of those paying the local property tax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay. Ms Feehily is correct that there are six other options, such as salary deductions. I have received correspondence from all over the country that suggests there is an equity issue. Those who state their intention to pay by credit or debit card are paying before everybody else. Ms Feehily is correct when she says the payment is due on 1 January but in other cases she allows for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: It is called merchant agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: So the Revenue has a merchant agreement. I will not name the company for obvious reasons.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: The Revenue has a merchant agreement with a banking company. There is a coding system in that merchant agreement. If I were to book a holiday this afternoon to travel abroad for St. Patrick's weekend, and if I were to use one of our Irish airlines such as Ryanair or Aer Lingus, departing on 15 March, that sum would be taken from my account immediately. If, however, I were to book a hotel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: So we are discussing a financial IT systems process, not a legislative process, and there is nothing in the legislation insisting on payment before Christmas. I understand there is no impediment to the Revenue getting a property owner's credit card details and processing payment at a later date. The advice I have received through the secretariat from two card payment processors taken at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Give me an explanation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Taxpayers give their credit card details to iTunes, Amazon, they give them out every day of the week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: It is for single debit payments.