Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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204. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10133/15]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by Revenue that a key aspect of the work undertaken in regard to Local Property Tax (LPT) was the development of a comprehensive property register of residential properties in the State. The Register was populated using data drawn from a range of sources including Revenue's own databases and various other Government and non-Government sources. These various data sets were cross-checked by Revenue to ensure the accuracy of the information in respect of each property being included on the Register.

However, given the scale of the project it was inevitable that there would be some errors and in a relatively small number of instances, properties were either duplicated or omitted from the Register. The Deputy will be aware that Revenue communicated extensively in regard to this possibility and the onus was clearly placed on property owners to confirm the correct details where the information on the Register was inaccurate.

On foot of the correspondence received from the person on 27 February, direct contact was made with him by the LPT team and the Register was corrected in respect of the property. During the course of the direct contact it emerged that the person had also not filed an LPT Return or made any payment in respect of his current principal private residence. The LPT team member assisted the person in completing an LPT Return for his property and also advised him on the various options available to him in respect of the outstanding liability taking account of his individual circumstances.