Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 July 2013
391. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a handling charge of €10 when a person tries to pay the non-principal private residence tax when such a handling charge does not apply for payment with cheque, postal order, debit or credit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33328/13]
View answerSubsection 4 of section 5 of the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, enabled the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to prescribe a fee for the payment of a charge by a person attending at the offices of a local authority providing such payment services. Article 4 of the Local Government (Charges) Regulations 2011 prescribes the fee for the purposes of subsection 4 of section 5 of the 2009 Act as €10. The purpose of the fee is to meet the cost of providing such a service.
