Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 January 2012
526 Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the residents of an area (details supplied) in County Galway will have to pay the household charge in view of the unfinished nature of the estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41180/11]
Amharc ar fhreagra527 Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the residents of an area (details supplied) in County Galway will have to pay the household charge in view of the fact that the estate is not finished and parts of it are in a very poor condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41181/11]
Amharc ar fhreagra548 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the list of unfinished housing estates that are exempt from the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41462/11]
Amharc ar fhreagra559 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the list of unfinished estates to be exempted from the household charge will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1133/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra571 Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the home owners at the unfinished housing estate (details supplied) in Dublin 13 are liable for the household charge. [1312/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra591 Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the housing estate (details supplied), defined as unfinished under the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011, will be subject to the new household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1597/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 526, 527, 548, 559, 571 and 591 together.
The Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012 contain the list of unfinished estates to which a waiver from payment of the household charge applies in 2012. The list is also available from www.householdcharge.ie. The relevant circumstances to which I, as Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, must have regard in prescribing the list for the purposes of the unfinished estates waiver are set out in section 4 (5) of the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011.
