More than 10,000 people have registered for the household charge in the past fortnight since over 100,000 warning letters were issued over non-payment.
As of Friday last, 986,676 properties had registered for the charge. Some 962,283 had paid the €100 tax while owners of 17,993 properties had registered for a waiver. The remaining 6,400 applications were awaiting resolution of queries.
An estimated total of almost 40% have still to pay the charge.
Read the full story in today’s Irish Times.
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