Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of services provided to the public by his Department and entities reporting to his Department where a payment is accepted by debit or credit card; the percentage of additional charge that is applied to such transactions under the merchant agreement; the total value of the additional charge in respect of debit and credit cards in 2012; if any portion of the additional charge accrued to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50127/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Payment by debit or credit card is accepted as a means of payment for all services charged to customers by my Department. In 2012, the average charge per card transaction was 0.79%. A total of €1,070.06 was paid to the service provider in 2012 which included terminal rental charges. None of the charges accrued to my Department.