Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if he and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government plan to introduce a €200 urban parking levy; if so, the timeframe for the introduction of the new tax; the persons to whom it will apply and the geographical areas; if he will confirm that it will include all State parking places including the Houses of the Oireachtas and Ministerial parking spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13698/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Planning for the introduction of a car parking levy for urban areas is at an advanced stage and details of its introduction will be announced shortly.

As previously indicated, the levy will apply in the five urban areas of Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Waterford. Within these urban areas, regard will be had to factors such as:

- the availability of public transport,

- the level of congestion in the relevant parts of those cities, and

- the relative value of the car parking spaces.

Each employee who has an entitlement to use a parking space provided directly or indirectly by his or her employer is liable to pay the levy, there is no distinction in this regard between private sector and public sector employees. Certain official cars owned or provided by the State, the Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces and certain other services such as the fire and ambulance service and the Customs service are excluded.