Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

The list of exemptions and waivers from the household charge will include people in receipt of mortgage interest supplement. They will not have to pay it. People living in social housing will also not have to pay it. I am sure the Deputy is telling people at meetings about this. People living in voluntary and co-operative housing, residential property owned by a charity and who have had to vacate their homes to move into nursing homes will not have to pay it. People with a physical infirmity or long-term mental illness will also not have to pay it. There are many exemptions. If the full information is given to people accurately, I am sure their fears will be allayed.

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