CAMPAIGN AGAINST HOUSEHOLD & WATER TAXES (CAHWT) One month on: mass boycott of Household Tax on course Mass boycott of registration for the Household Tax is on course, based on the government’s own figures of around 4% after the first month. 96% of householders have not signed up, with an actual slow-down in the rate [...]
Video: Joe Higgins tells Taoiseach Austerity Treaty will have a disastrous impact on ordinary Europeans
On February - 1 - 2012
Is the truth not that the fiscal compact is a treaty for permanent austerity and therefore provides for permanent attacks on the living standards and public services of ordinary Europeans? Is the reality not that the obsession of the Government at the summit was to secure a wording for the austerity treaty that it hoped [...]
Video: Joe Higgins addresses a packed Anti-Household Tax meeting held at the Imperial Hotel, Cork City.
On January - 31 - 2012
Joe Higgins speaks to a packed Anti-Household Tax meeting held at the Imperial Hotel, Cork City on January 26th 2012. FAQ on the Household Tax 1. What is the Household tax? The household tax is a new tax that every home owner in the country is to be charged, the Fine Gael and Labour government [...]
Comment: Labour Activation Programe an insult to unemployed workers
On January - 30 - 2012
Next week the Minister for Social Protection is to unveil a new initiative aimed at reducing cutting the horrific figure of 440,000 people unemployed or seriously underemployed in this State. It is to be called Pathways to Work. But whereas most people might think that this should involve the creation of tens of thousands of [...]
Video: Joe Higgins tells Tanaiste not to scapegoat the unemployed for economic crisis
On January - 26 - 2012
In recent days press reports on briefings given by the Minister for Social Protection and senior officials in her Department have pointed to the beginning of a campaign to exert pressure on and harass unemployed people. Apparently, the Minister is to unveil next week a programme entitled, Pathways to Work. It has been stated every [...]
CAHWT Press Statement: Today’s Anglo payment is 8 years of Household Taxes
On January - 25 - 2012
Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes (CAHWT) Press statement 25 Jan 2012 – issued after protest at Anglo Irish Bank offices, Dublin, by Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes. The protest was supported by 9 TDs backing the non-payment of the household tax. Single Anglo payment dwarfs household & austerity taxes Witholding Household Tax can [...]
Press Statement: Case of Louise Bayliss intended to discourage whistleblowing
On January - 24 - 2012
Responding to the case of Louise Bayliss whose contract at the Irish Advocacy Network will not be renewed because of her role in exposing the mistreatment of psychiatric patients in the care of the HSE Joe Higgins TD said: “There has been no delivery yet on whistleblowing legislation. Indeed the Labour Party presented such legislation [...]
