Paying Household Charge at Council Offices
According to the Household Charge website – people who don’t want to register or pay online should be able to get registration forms and make payments at their local County Council or City Council offices.
See more here about the new Household Charge which is payable by all home owners from Jan 2012.
We did a quick survey of most of the County Council and City Council websites on January 6th to see if they were providing any information about the Household Charge.
We checked the council websites for Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, South County Dublin, Dublin City , Fingal , County Galway, Galway City Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow.
Some sites had no information about the Household Charge at all – Carlow , North Tipp, Offaly and Monaghan did not mention it -or if they did it was well hidden!
The majority of the Council websites had just a link direct to the Household Charge website but no other info or mention of payment or forms being available.
Two Councils had a small bit of information about the charge and a link to the Householdcharge website . (Limerick County and Killarney).
Only three sites also had links to downloadable forms – Westmeath, Wicklow and Longford.
The only council that provided any useful information and confirmed that they were issuing forms and accepting payments was Fingal County Council.
Their website informs users that Household charge registration forms are available at all Fingal County Council cash offices and reception desks in Swords & Blanchardstown, at all Fingal Libraries and at Citizens Information Centres. They also state that Registration forms can be returned and payments can be made through Fingal County Council cash offices at Grove Rd, Blanchardstown or County Hall, Swords from 9.30am to 3pm Monday to Friday. Completed forms will be forwarded by the Council to the Household Charge payment office. They even have staff in a Household Charge Team available on 01 890 6254
Well done Fingal County Council – !
Update Jan 9th - Dublin City Council now have information about accepting payments – they state on their site that anyone who wants to pay Household Charge to Dublin City Council should go to : Customer Services Centre ,Ground Floor Block 3 Civic Offices.
Cavan have added some information that Household Charge Payments will be accepted at the Rates office, Courthouse, Cavan.
Galway County Council now say that forms can be collected from Galway County Council, Aras an Chontae, Prospect Hill, Galway. Payments of Household Charge can be made bBy calling to your Local Authority office (By credit card/laser/cheque/bankdraft / or Cash)
Wexford County Council have confirmed that cash will be accepted in any of the following Wexford Local Authority Offices and together with your completed registration form will be forwarded to the Central Processing Unit in Dublin.
- Wexford County Council, Carricklawn, Wexford.
- Wexford Borough Council, Spawell Road, Wexford.
- New Ross Town Council, The Tholsel, New Ross
- Enniscorthy Town Council, Market Square, Enniscorthy.
- Gorey District Office, Civic Square, Gorey.
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Unsafe Water Again in Some Irish Towns
This week – Aug 2011 figures released under Access to Information on the Environment revealed almost 600,000 Irish consumers are receiving water that exceeds safety limits for chemicals known as trihalomethanes (THM), set by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
THM is a by-product of chlorination of water and was recognised in the 2011 EPA Drinking Water Quality Report as an “emerging problem”. Prolonged consumption is believed to increase the risk of cancer.
As a result, Donegal County Council has closed one public water supply, with others scheduled for closure, including Enniskerry, Co Wicklow; Kilkenny; Schull, Co Cork; Mountmellick, Co Laois; and two in Mayo, Kilmain and Kiltimagh.
Although the 2011 EPA Handbook says public advisory notices must be sent when there is a danger to public health, FIE has claimed no such notices have been issued and water is still being consumed.
FIE has now requested that research be undertaken by the EPA to identify the causes of the excessive organic materials in Irish surface water used for drinking.
A spokesperson for FIE said: “The public must be made aware of the fact that their water supplies exceed the permitted chemical contamination set by the WHO, not only because this is required under the legislation but also because consumers have the right to know what dangers they are exposed to.
“Consumers with supplies over the WHO levels can use simple charcoal filters to ensure that THMs are removed. They will not do this, however, unless they are made aware of the danger, which the EPA has failed to do.”
In response, the EPA said it is currently carrying out in a research project, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2011, to assess and investigate a number of water supplies with THM exceedances in order to prepare a technical guidance document on the overall findings.
The EPA recommends that anyone concerned about tap water should contact their local authority, which will have the most up-to-date water safety news.
Irish EPA figures for 2009 found that 16% of public water supplies now fail the safe limits set by the WHO for THMs. For public group water schemes, 31% of Irish supplies were found to exceed limits. In comparison, the standard in the United States is 20% stricter than the WHO limits.
Categories: Enniskerry, Kilkenny, Kiltimagh, Mountmellick Tags: cancer
Top Ten Towns for Home Ownership
Owner Occupiers
In Ireland just over 28% of all housing is rented – either from Private landlords or local Authorities. Seventy two percent of homes ore owned. This is similar to 2004 figures from the UK of 30% of rented dwellings. According to figures from the Irish 2006 census – for towns with populations over 1500 – the town in Ireland with the largest percentage of homeowners is Portmarnock.
Portmarnock has 80.34% of housing units occupied by the owner.Top Ten towns for percentage of Home ownership in Ireland:
Portmarnock 80.33 %
Malahide 78.05
Enniskerry 77.71
Leixlip 76.1
Celbridge 75.86
Dunboyne 75.49
Ratoath 74.78
Donabate 74.12
Annacotty 73.07
Stamullen 72.39
Categories: Annacotty, Celbridge, Census, Donabate, Dunboyne, Enniskerry, Housing, Ireland, Kill, Leixlip, Living in Ireland, Malahide, Portmarnock, Ratoath, Stamullen Tags:
High Fertility in Ratoath
Most Children in Ratoath
Ratoath has the largest percentage of residents aged under 15 .
According to the most recent Irish census of 2006, 32% of the population of the town of Ratoath are aged 0 to 14. This is higher than any other town in Ireland with over 1500 residents.
All the following Irish towns have over 25% of their population under 15 : Donabate, Prosperous, Dunboyne, Sallins, Dunshaughlin, Tower, Stamullen, Ballina (North Tipperary), Kinnegad, Clogherhead, Enniskerry, Castlebridge, Rathangan, Carrigaline, Enfield. Many of these are in the Dublin commuter area.
The overall percentage of the population in Ireland aged under 15 is 20.39%.
Categories: Ballina (North Tipp), Carrigaline, Castlebridge, Children, Clogherhead, Donabate, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Enfield, Enniskerry, Kinnegad, Prosperous, Rathangan, Ratoath, Tower Tags: