Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

I wish to ask the Minister about licence fee collection and the recent decision by An Post to divest itself of this obligation. The commission will review the operation, effectiveness and impact of the scheme not later than three years from the date it comes into service but the collection of the licence fee will have a direct impact on the effectiveness of the scheme in terms of the amount of money made available. It is 5% of the total collection fee. I do not know the statistics in this country on the compliance rate in collecting the fee but I believe it is high, above 90%. The failure rate in some countries in Europe is above 90%. Obviously, the more money that is collected through the licence fee, the more will be available for this scheme.