Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 January 2014
61. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the number of those in receipt of the State pension who are having the property tax deducted; and the amount per week of the €1 million the Revenue Commissioners states it is receiving that is coming from the State pension payments. [1969/14]
View answerI am informed by the Revenue Commissioners that owners of more than 25,000 residential properties have opted to pay their Local Property Tax (LPT) for 2014 by way of deduction at source from the various Department of Social Protection payments within the LPT scheme and almost €216,000 has been collected to date in 2014, which is about €108,000 per week. The Commissioners expect to be in a position to publish data which shows a breakdown of this figure among the various Department of Social Protection schemes, including the State pension in due course.
I am advised that the deduction at source payment option has been implemented only on a voluntary basis, and there is ongoing dialogue between Revenue and the Department of Social Protection to ensure that it operates as smoothly as possible.
