Written answers
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Local Authority Charges
10:00 pm
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 845: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the basis of the decision to exclude persons in local authority housing from the liability for the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18421/12]
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 legislation underpinning the household charge.
Section 2(2) of the Act provides that certain buildings are not residential property for the purposes of the legislation. Section 2(2)(b), in particular, provides that a building vested in a Minister of the Government, a housing authority (within the meaning of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992) or the Health Service Executive is not a residential property for the purposes of the Act.
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