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Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This is an issue about which people are concerned. They want to pay what they need to pay.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: They also require clarity in respect of the matter. That is why the Government has been clear about this matter. The deadline is 31 March and the household charge must be paid by that date. I acknowledge that there have been difficulties in respect of the method of payment. If Deputy Martin insists on making this a partisan issue, then there is a simple way to proceed.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This is a charge the current Government was obliged to introduce because the previous Administration agreed with the troika last year that a property tax would be introduced in 2012.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It was not possible to introduce a property tax this year-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----because it is necessary to carry out preparatory work before such a tax can be brought in.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The household charge is an interim measure pending the introduction of a property tax, and it must be paid. The property tax is being worked upon at present. There are those intent on giving the impression that if enough people do not pay the household charge, then no one will be obliged to pay it.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The reality is that it must be paid and the deadline in that regard is 31 March.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: No, the charge will not be scrapped. It will be replaced by a property tax. The preparatory work in respect of the introduction of such a tax is under way.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I look forward to hearing from the Deputy about Sinn Féin's proposals for a property tax. Information in that regard would be very helpful in the context of the discussions in which we are involved.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is not in the business of bullying anybody. However, we do want to be straight with people. Deputy McDonald, her party and those others who are campaigning against the household charge should do likewise. There is no point in misleading people into believing that the charge will not have to be paid, that it will be wished away or that it will be made to vanish. Households...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Such people are being misled and, as a result, households will find themselves in greater debt than should be the case.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy McDonald has a hard neck. The equivalent charge in Northern Ireland is ten to 15 times the equivalent of that which applies in this jurisdiction.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The household charge in the city of Derry is €1,500.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy McDonald should explain how it is acceptable that households on the part of the island governed and administered by her party should pay €1,500, while directly across the Border in Donegal-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Of course.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: That is for sure. They certainly are not comparable. There is no comparison between the €1,500 charge which applies in Derry and the €100 charge which obtains in Donegal.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is the height of hypocrisy for the Deputy to come before the House and utter all sorts of hyperbole about hundreds of thousands of people being taken to court, coerced, etc.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Hundreds of thousands of people are not going to be taken to court and everybody knows that. If the charge is not paid by the deadline, however, people will incur penalties and interest. The latter is normal in respect of unpaid tax. The Deputy's party should not-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----be encouraging people not to pay the charge because that will simply place them in a position where they will-----

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----incur penalties and additional interest.