Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of waivers granted so far for the household charge. [45722/12]

Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units that have been registered to multiple accounts for the household charge. [45723/12]

Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of accounts to which more than one unit has been registered for the household charge. [45724/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 415, 416 and 417 together.

The Local Government Management Agency is administering the Household Charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils. I understand, from data provided by the Agency, that as of 18 October 2012 the number of Household Charge waivers which have been registered is 21,140. As the Household Charge system records one owner entry per property, which may in some cases be joint names, definitive information is not available concerning the number of housing units which have been registered to multiple accounts. I understand, again from data provided by the Agency, that as of 18 October 2012 the number of accounts to which more than one unit has been registered for the Household Charge is 744.