I propose to take Questions Nos. 57 and 76 together.
The Revised Estimates for Public Services 2012, published by my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, showed that revenues from the Household Charge were paid directly into the Local Government Fund (LGF) and used to fund Local Government services (Vote No. 25, Page 114). With revenues going directly to the LGF, this meant that the Exchequer was no longer required to make a subvention to the fund. As a result, the impact of the charge was reflected as a reduction in Exchequer subventions to the LGF in Budget 2012 calculations, and not as a tax revenue. This reduction in Exchequer subventions to the LGF has been maintained for 2013, and is captured as such in the budgetary projections.
As a matter of budgetary consistency, the impact of the cessation of the Household Charge as a revenue raising measure will be reflected in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2013, scheduled for publication next February. With regard to revenues from the Non-Principal Private Residence Charge, Budget 2013 outlines that the charge will cease with effect from 1 January 2014. In light of this, the impact of the discontinuance of this measure will be reflected in later publications.