Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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178. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid by the Revenue Commissioners to An Post for collection of property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47136/14]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that it does not pay a fee to An Post, or to any of the payment service providers (PSPs) that are 'approved' for the collection of Local Property Tax (LPT).

The four approved PSPs are An Post, Payzone, Omnivend and Paypoint. The use of such third party entities is provided for by Section 122 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended).

Revenue has confirmed to me that each of the PSPs sets its own service administration fees and the Commissioners play no role in this regard. For the Deputy's information, An Post charges €1 per transaction, Payzone charges 75 cent per transaction for payments up to €50, €1 per transaction for payments between €50.01 and €100 and €2 per transaction for payments over €100, Omnivend charges a fee of 4% per transaction and PayPoint charges 75 cents per transaction.