More than 6,000 people have paid the new €100 household charge, which was introduced on January 1st.
Homeowners can register their details on householdcharge.ie and pay the charge by debit or credit card. Payment can also be made by cheque, postal order or at local authority offices.
The deadline for payment is March 31st, after which late penalties and fines will arise.
A spokesman for the Department of the Environment said payment had been received in relation of 4,844 properties at the close of business today. A further 1,249 people have registered to pay the charge by direct debit, he said.
People living in local authority houses, those living in ghost estates or who are in receipt of mortgage interest supplement are among those who are exempt from the charge.
Speaking on RTÉ radio this morning, Household Charge Project chairwoman Jackie Maguire said facilities will be put in place, such as information held by the ESB, to track down people who fail to pay.
However, Mick Murphy of the national steering group of the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes called on people not to pay the charge, saying if enough people did not register the Government would have to rethink the levy.
"Government policy is to broaden the tax base. What they really mean is broadening it onto the shoulders of the same people," he said. "Ordinary working people. They should be looking at wealth taxes, profit taxes and taxes on higher income earners."
Mr Murphy said he was confident that more than 50 per cent of households would refuse to pay the charge.
The campaign is holding an open meeting on Saturday January 14th at the Teacher's Club on Parnell Square in Dublin. Its purpose is to bring activists together to discuss how best to step up the national non-payment campaign.
Meanwhile, Socialist MEP Paul Murphy has lodged a complaint with the Data Commissioner about the householdcharge.ie website.
"This site is in breach of the 2011 regulations on privacy and electronic communications which implements EU directives on privacy," he said. "The website's privacy statement declares that the site uses 'session cookies' which are erased after use, whereas in fact it uses so-called 'persistent cookies' that remain on people's computers after they visit the website."
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner confirmed this evening it had received a complaint from Mr Murphy in relation to the site.