32 PER CENT OF COUNTY YET TO PAY HOUSEHOLD CHARGES

Date Published: 19-Jan-2013

32 percent of county homeowners have yet to pay the household charge.

Almost 42 thousand 700 of the county’s households have paid the 100 euro charge.

Of these 735 homeowners who are either in receipt of Mortgage Interest Supplement or listed on a record of unfinished estates were entitled to a waiver.

Arrears for those who pay the household charge to the Local Government Management Agency by the end of April this year are to be capped at 30 euro – leaving a total charge of 130 euro.

The city now has the second highest compliance rate of all local authorities in the country at 78 percent, representing over 21 thousand homes out of a total of 27 thousand liable households.

Galway County Council’s Head of Finance Ger Mullarkey says while a 68 percent complaince rate is to be welcomed, those who have not yet paid by July will be pursued by the Revenue