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19/07/2012
Local Authorities Face Budget Reductions Over Household Charge Compliance
The payment profile of general purpose grants has had to be revised down as full Household Charge compliance has not yet been achieved, the Department of the Environment has said.
Local authorities will receive between 5% and 15% less of their expected third quarter payment.
In a statement, the department said that the final quarter payment will be revisited in light of the Household Charge compliance level at that time.
Fianna Fáil Senator Paschal Mooney has said it is shameful that the Government is penalising local government because people are not paying the Household Charge.
He said he is astonished that the Department of the Environment is imposing more cuts on councils.
Yesterday, hundreds of people attended a demonstration outside Leinster House against the charge.
The protest, organised by the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes, was timed to take place ahead of the start of the Dáil summer recess.
Socialist TD Joe Higgins was among those who addressed the demonstration.
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Local authorities will receive between 5% and 15% less of their expected third quarter payment.
In a statement, the department said that the final quarter payment will be revisited in light of the Household Charge compliance level at that time.
Fianna Fáil Senator Paschal Mooney has said it is shameful that the Government is penalising local government because people are not paying the Household Charge.
He said he is astonished that the Department of the Environment is imposing more cuts on councils.
Yesterday, hundreds of people attended a demonstration outside Leinster House against the charge.
The protest, organised by the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes, was timed to take place ahead of the start of the Dáil summer recess.
Socialist TD Joe Higgins was among those who addressed the demonstration.
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