Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person with an intellectual disability and in the care of State psychiatric services and is living in their own house is liable to pay the household charge. [10555/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012 provide the legislative basis for the household charge. Under the legislation, an owner of a residential property on the liability date of 1 January 2012 is liable to pay the household charge by 31 March 2012, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver.