Phil Hogan Summoned to High Court over Household Charge
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan has been served with a summons to appear in the High Court for failing to answer a number of questions pertaining to the Household Charge. A copy of the notices he received can be read by clicking here. Hogan was served with the summons […]
Phil Hogan may end up in High Court over Household Charge
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan may find himself in the High Court if he fails to answer a number of questions related to the Household Charge according to a letter received by us. A notice, dated 27th November 2012, has been sent to the Minister demanding answers to several […]
Campaign “fully prepared to legally defend householders if they are taken to court”
The Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes (CAHWT) has announced that is “fully prepared to legally defend householders” and will be organising “massive protests” at court cases, aimed at making it “politically impossible for the government to continue with their strategy” of trying to impose the household and property taxes. A Campaign press conference held […]
Property tax of €400 will send families over edge
Responding to reports that the government plans a property tax next year of around €400 for an average home, the Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes (CAHWT) said this would hit hardest “young families already reeling in the recession and lead to an upsurge in non-payment levels.” Cllr Ruth Coppinger of the CAHWT said “€400 is […]
Water tax threats a “declaration of war” says Campaign
Reports that Irish householders can expect to receive their first bills for a water tax by early 2014 have been described by the Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes as “proof that the government has declared war on Irish householders”. “We have been barraged for the last few days with talk about a property tax […]
What’s Left Survey Findings prove water and property taxes are unfeasible
Anti household tax campaigners have said that survey findings that over 1.8 million people have only €25 per week left after paying their bills “prove that it is not feasible for the government to believe that it can impose water and property taxes on people who are already completely strapped for cash”. “The Irish League […]
Home tax boycotters won’t be bullied by letters
‘A million people can’t be taken to court,’ says Campaign The government has ordered local councils and the LGMA to send warning letters to non- payers of the household tax in an attempt to panic people and break the boycott. Responding to the news, Cllr Ruth Coppinger of the CAHWT said: “We say to the more than […]
Campaigners say deduction at source of property tax ‘unworkable’
Campaigners against the household and property tax have said that any attempt by government to deduct the household tax or the new property tax at source from PAYE workers is “unworkable as long as people continue to refuse to register”. “The reason why the government wanted householders to register for this tax was because they […]
Labour conference to be picketed over home tax
The Campaign Against Household & Water Taxes (CAHWT) will be protesting at the Labour Party Conference in NUI Galway this Saturday. The CAHWT will be calling for a scrapping of the home tax, given its manifest unpopularity with 50% of households refusing to register. The protest assembles in Eyre Square at 1pm. “Labour opposed local […]
Hogan’s home tax ‘rewards’ a recipe for inequality
Minister Hogan’s comments about rewarding councils who ‘pull out all the stops’ to collect the Household Tax would create massive inequality between wealthy and poorer council areas. “Those boroughs with a higher number of wealthier residents who can afford to pay the tax would be given even more government funding, while less well-off districts would […]
