Monthly Archives: May 2012

THIS, etc.

THREE PROPERTY owners have paid between €30,000 and €40,000 through multiple liabilities for the controversial €100 household charge, Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan has confirmed. The three own between 300 and 400 properties that were liable for the charge.

Meanwhile, back in the real world…

As of noon last Friday, some 940,437 households, or 59 per cent of the estimated 1.6 million eligible, had paid the charge. Separate Department figures show that 24,098 people have paid penalties for late payment of the charge so far. These late payment penalties have raised €267,039.

 

Three property owners have paid over €30,000 in household charges (Irish Times)

A number of leading businessmen have told the Sunday Independent that Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte has said that the Government is unable to formulate a plan to deal with the economy such is the speed and ever-changing nature of the crisis.

In an alarmingly frank admission, which was made on condition of confidentiality, Mr Rabbitte is said to have stated that the Government has been pre-occupied with challenges as they arise and has not managed to construct a strategy for recovery in the medium to long term.

Mr Rabbitte asked that his remarks, which were made at a luncheon attended by figures drawn primarily from the energy sector, not be repeated outside of the meeting.

Really? Really?

Pat Rabbitte denies saying ‘Government has no plan’ (Sunday Independent)

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