Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance if the €200 levy on parking spaces will be payable by those who start work at 7 a.m. and therefore have no access to public transport at that time of the morning. [42604/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The amount of the levy is reduced in the case of shift workers. Anyone starting or finishing work after 9 o'clock in the evening or before 7 o'clock in the morning will have the part of the year during which they are on shift work disregarded for the purposes of calculating the levy. For example, someone doing such shift work for 3 months of the year would be liable to pay €150 (i.e. €200 less 1⁄4 excluded because of shift work).

I would also remind the Deputy that I have already indicated that the levy will only apply to employer-provided parking facilities in the major urban centres of Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. The specific areas in which the levy will apply will be designated by Ministerial Order following consultation with the five city councils.