More than 30,000 properties have now been registered for the new household charge, since it came into force on January 1. The figures, released by the Department of the Environment, mean that more than €3 million has been raised from the controversial charge so far. News of the 30,000 subscriptions to the charge came as [...]
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16th December 2011
Hogan hits out at “irresponsible” TDs opposing household charge
The 14 TDs threatening to boycott the €100 household charge would bring the Oireachtas “down a very dangerous road for our democracy,” Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has warned. Hitting out at the group who are refusing to pay the charge, Mr Hogan described their actions as irresponsible and inappropriate. Socialist Party duo Clare [...]
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15th December 2011
Opponents of household charge ready to go to jail rather than pay
Nine Dáil deputies vehemently opposed to the introduction of the new €100 household charge insist they will go to jail rather than back down in their campaign against it. Socialist Party duo Clare Daly and Joe Higgins, as well as independents Joan Collins, Richard Boyd Barrett, Thomas Pringle, Mick Wallace, John Halligan, Seamus Healy and [...]
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no way has it bottomed out as the next budget will crucify us even further. Overspending in heal...
