Joe Higgins TD

Socialist Party TD for Dublin West

Household Charges

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Posted by Joe Higgins On April - 22 - 2012

People who walked into newsagents shops all over the country on Wednesday morning might easily have staggered out in a confused and shell shocked state after glancing at the morning newspapers. A plethora of banner headlines would have leapt out at them with horror stories of a raft of new fees, charges and taxes awaiting [...]

In my Column in Friday’s Irish Daily Mail I challenge the Local Government Management Agency and the Government over their cynical and misleading use of baseless estimates for the numbers of houses in this State liable according to the legislation for registration payment of the Home Tax. I appeal to media outles to objectively assess [...]

The conclusion of the planning tribunal found that corruption in Irish political life was both endemic and systemic. Does the Tánaiste understand that this has enormously increased the anger and sense of aggrievement of the majority of ordinary decent people? Is he aware that it has also enormously strengthened the boycott of the regressive household [...]

The massive opposition across the State to the Household Tax has featured prominently in the media in recent days. Over the next while, the Mahon Tribunal Report that will feature strongest. What should not be lost sight of is that there is a strong connection between the two issues. The Mahon Tribunal at first glance [...]

I bring the Tánaiste back to what he stated in the Chamber yesterday on the household charge when he asserted that people wished to pay. Members of the Government have been stating all week that the reason 83% of householders have not registered and paid as of last night is they all are waiting until [...]

Household Tax Campaign Video

Posted by Joe Higgins On March - 12 - 2012

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Only 133,365 properties have registered and paid the household tax, amounting to only 8% registration with one month to go. The figures were revealed on Morning Ireland by the head of the household charge board. This confirms that mass non-registration of the tax is entirely possible. The CAHWT calls on householders to maintain the boycott [...]

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