Coffee cups to be hit with levy of up to 25 cent under new plastic crackdown plans
A levy on fast-food takeaway containers is also on the way.
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A levy on fast-food takeaway containers is also on the way.
The levy has been paid on petrol, oil and diesel since 1996.
The levy has been paid on petrol, oil and diesel since 1996.
I own a small farm at the bottom of Mangerton Mountain. It’s far from the land in the Curragh but I wouldn’t give it away for all the gold in China, writes Johnny Healy Rae.
The proposal aims to “incentivise development and discourage land speculation”.
The union said a 1% levy on profits could be used to remove the €3,000 student registration fee.
The year of Saipan and Nadine Coyle forgetting her age we began paying for our plastic bags.
The EU’s milk quota regime will end next March – but it seems farmers may have jumped the gun in anticipation of the change.
The CER has announced an increase in the Public Service Obligation levy.
Medical card holders are being affected by the €2.50 charge per item, pharmacists say.
Will Dublin City Council be liable for the undeveloped site levy? They’re not sure.
A spokesperson for Minister Hogan said he was “expressing his frustration” with the insurance industry when he spoke about the levy in a recent interview.
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty says that new figures from the Minister of Finance showed that the Central Bank has approved seven full applications for hikes in charges.
Our courts seem to have affected an uncaring view towards violent and sexual crimes against women – allowing offenders to escape jail sentences by simply giving their victims a payoff. It is horrific and unacceptable.
The increases will be imposed from 1 January 2014, with Aviva stating the government’s recent decision on rates means the new bed charge is 10.8 times the old charge.
Everyone’s talking about the four Irish people detained in Cairo, arrests at Eminem’s Slane gig, and Clare getting through to the All Ireland hurling final.
A Senator has suggested that a one to four per cent levy would raise major funds for these resources. Would you support it?
Senator Catherine Noone said she will be bringing her idea – inspired by a recent development in France – to the Finance Minister.
“We cannot buy, we cannot sell.”
The National Alcohol Conference was told by Pat Harvey that Ireland’s drinking “is of epidemic proportions” and that parents should ask if their drinking impacts their family.
Accounts with balances under €20,000 will be exempted from a controversial levy if it is approved by MPs today.
Cyprus is trying to push ahead with the EU bailout deal which will see people’s savings taxed – but is this fair?
The president is trying to get parliamentarians to back the bailout deal that slaps a hugely unpopular levy on bank savings.
The tax was introduced in 2010 to target wealthy Irish exiles who earn more than €1 million a year and also have assets of over €5 million in Ireland.
Its estimated the tax could yield as much as €57 billion if introduced on a EU-wide basis but concerns remain in Ireland that its introduction could see jobs transferred abroad.
This idea is a cover for the Government’s ineptitude, writes Aaron McKenna. Have we forgotten the point of social welfare?
The first letters reminding householders to pay the charge have been sent out. Have you paid?
It’s the last day to pay the household charge of €100. If you are one of those told they must pay it, will you have done so by the end of today?
A similar – but more expensive – levy has been in place in the Republic of Ireland since 2002.
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.
The Independent Broadcasters of Ireland wants the new revenue to be split among other broadcasters, not just RTÉ.
A new household-based charge is being proposed by Government to address TV licence evasion and the use of online television viewing. What do you think, is it a good idea?
The supermarket chain today lost its court battle to overturn a tax assessment for €36.4 million.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has also proposed a minimum levy on high earners in its pre-Budget submission.
The Finance Minister has said the government’s introduction of a levy on private pension funds will help to restart the economy – and accused the pensions industry of acting in a “quasi-hysterical” manner.
Airline says passengers will have to pay for costs of compensation the company is legally obliged to pay under EU law in case of flight cancellations and delays.
Enjoy it while it lasts – €200 levy is due to be introduced in January.