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Household charge

# household-charge - Friday 16 March, 2012

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Household Charge registrations pass 250,000 mark with two weeks to go

As of yesterday evening, 251,458 properties had been registered – but that’s still less than a sixth of the liable households.

# household-charge - Wednesday 14 March, 2012

High Court gives leave for challenge to English-only household charge legislation

The challenge will be brought by Fianna Fáil councillor and Gaeilgeoir Thomas Brabazon.

# household-charge - Sunday 11 March, 2012

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Poll: Should utility bills be used to ensure Household Charge is paid by all?

In today’s poll we ask what you think of the Government plans to use certain means available to it to ensure everyone who is liable pays?

The 9 at 9: Sunday

Nine things to know this morning…

# household-charge - Saturday 3 March, 2012

Column: Ignore the conspiracy theories – the household charge must be paid

There is an increasing amount of gibberish masquerading as legal fact about things like the household charge, writes Fergal Crehan. It’s dangerous and it needs to end.

# household-charge - Thursday 1 March, 2012

TD calls for extension and flexibility on household charge

Earlier this week, Dept of the Environment figures showed that fewer than one in ten homes have registered to pay.

# household-charge - Wednesday 29 February, 2012

Fewer than one in ten homes have registered for Household Charge

Today is the deadline for signing up to a direct debit payment for the €100 charge.

# household-charge - Saturday 25 February, 2012

Protests against Household Charge to take place today

Nationwide protests against the Government’s proposed €100 Household Charge are to take place today, with the Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes urging householders to boycott the charge.

# household-charge - Saturday 18 February, 2012

Prime numbers: the week in stats

Greek MPs, Irish jobs, German cable ties, and all the other news from the week in handy numerical format…

GALLERY: Single parents protest at ‘discriminatory’ Budget cuts

The SPARK (Single Parents Acting for the Rights of Kids) group took to the streets against cuts to allowances and schemes.

# household-charge - Friday 17 February, 2012

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The Daily Fix: Friday

In the Fix tonight: Eircom Studyhub hacked; unvouched expenses; and Chris O’Dowd v Miss Piggy…

The 5 at 5: Friday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

93 per cent of homes haven’t paid household charge yet

Figures provided by the Department of the Environment show that only one out of every 15 households has paid up so far.

SIPTU calls for suspension of ‘unfair’ household charge

The country’s largest trade union said that the €100 household charge penalises low and middle income families and called on the government to suspend it.

# household-charge - Wednesday 15 February, 2012

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Daily Fix: Wednesday

In today’s Fix: household charge campaign; health service ‘reduction’; and the best way to get onto a crowded bus…

In pictures: TDs take to the streets to urge boycott of household charge

Homeowners are expected to have arrangements in place to pay the €100 flat charge by next month.

# household-charge - Tuesday 7 February, 2012

Hundreds join County Galway campaign against household and septic charges

They gathered at a meeting organised by the No Household Tax group in Galway last night. The news comes after the Environment Minister said there is ‘no excuse’ to not pay the septic charge.

Hogan says there is ‘no excuse’ not to pay septic tank charge

The Environment Minister was speaking after he announced that the mandatory inspection fee for owners of septic tanks was reduced to €5 for the first three months.

# household-charge - Wednesday 1 February, 2012

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

In tonight’s Fix: Body discovered in Rudo Mawere case; computer-guided bullets; and Ray D’Arcy gets a new job…

The 5 at 5: Wednesday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.

Over 68,000 have now registered to pay the household charge

The goverment is hoping the interim tax can raise €160 million in revenue.

# household-charge - Tuesday 31 January, 2012

Property tax to replace household charge ‘as soon as possible’

The Government hopes the new tax will bring in three times as much revenue as the €100 household charge.

# household-charge - Thursday 19 January, 2012

Column: Why the household charge is a ‘gateway tax’

Socialist TD Clare Daly is suggesting that it might be time to revive the Irish-coined concept of boycott instead of complying with the €100 household levy.

# household-charge - Saturday 14 January, 2012

Prime numbers: the week in stats

How many Irish towns are ‘clean’? How much for an e-voting machine? And just how hard can a Sudoku be?

# household-charge - Thursday 12 January, 2012

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The Daily Fix: Thursday

In tonight’s fix: A bad day for jobs, a good day for the government – and for some primary teachers, and which important group want help from JobBridge interns?

Nearly a quarter don’t know if they’re liable for household charge – poll

While 15 per cent of people say they will not pay the controversial tax, according to a Red C poll for Paddy Power.

# household-charge - Wednesday 11 January, 2012

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Poll: Have you paid the household charge?

Almost every homeowner in Ireland is liable for the controversial charge, but have you paid it yet or will you at all?

# household-charge - Tuesday 10 January, 2012

Column: I don’t have political leanings – but neither, it seems, has Labour

This week, former trader Nick Leeson explains how he left London believing all UK political parties were the same – and how it looks like Ireland’s Labour party is also losing its Robin Hood status.

# household-charge - Saturday 7 January, 2012

The 9 at 9: Saturday

Including a hot air balloon crash, why French people are not visiting Ireland and will Anne Doyle be back on our screens soon?

Over 18,000 register to pay the household charge in first week

Just one person paid the €100 charge on New Year’s Day – the first day it was possible to pay – but the numbers have steadily risen over the week.

# household-charge - Thursday 5 January, 2012

The Daily Fix: Thursday

In tonight’s fix: Warnings over mortgage interest relief, Phil Hogan’s website woes, Vita Cortex owner “can’t move money” – and a solution to modern dinner part complaints?

The 5 at 5: Thursday

5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…

Minister for the Environment insists household charge site is “fully secure”

Phil Hogan was responding to criticisms by the Data Protection Commissioner earlier today who said it was a “somewhat disturbing development” that the gov

Data Protection Commissioner ‘concerned’ over household charge collection

Billy Hawkes said the State’s possible use of the ESB to gather information to collect the household charge is a “disturbing development”.

# household-charge - Wednesday 4 January, 2012

Late payment fee warning issued over €100 Household Charge

Around 700 people have already paid the charge, which came into effect on 1 January, according to the Household Charge Project Board.

The 9 at 9: Wednesday

Nine things you need to know this morning….

# household-charge - Friday 23 December, 2011

Property tax will raise around €500m – Taoiseach

Enda Kenny has also indicated that the proposed graduated tax could be collected by local authorities instead of central government.

# household-charge - Thursday 22 December, 2011

Expert group set to issue property tax recommendations within four months

The government is expediting the process to determine what will eventually replace the already controversial household charge.

# household-charge - Wednesday 21 December, 2011

Cost of temporary housing for Priory Hall residents to top €700,000

Dublin City Council has revealed that providing accommodation for the displaced residents of the unsafe complex will cost over €700,000.

# household-charge - Sunday 18 December, 2011

Priory Hall residents say they won’t pay household charge

As long as they are not living in their homes, residents of Priory Hall – who are in temporary accommodation – say they will not pay the household charge.