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TODAY IS D-DAY for the household charge.
Ireland’s 1.6 million households have had from the first day of January to pay the €100 charge introduced in December’s budget. The deadline for payment is midnight tonight after which financial penalties will kick in.
A large campaign to encourage people not to pay has been running since January and if you’re not planning to pay, here’s some other options you might want to look at.
But if you are, here are your options for paying.
1. Online
The most straightforward way to pay is via the website at householdcharge.ie. You’ll need to have your PPS number, the property address, and the details of the credit or debit card you’ll be using for payment.
You’ll be asked to give your email address and set up an account with your details before you are able to pay the charge, which should take less than ten minutes.
Bear in mind that the government has been warning of a last minute rush which would seem to be borne out by the large increase in the numbers paying over the past few days. There’s always a chance that the website could stumble with large numbers of people trying to pay at once today.
You will still be able to pay on the website after midnight tonight, but you will incur penalties. You’ll have to pay an extra €10 if you pay it at any stage in the next six months (i.e. between 1 April and 30 September) plus an additional €1 per month – so if you pay it in April you’ll have to pay €111, in May it will be €112, etc.
2. Local Authority offices
A total of 95 local authority offices around the country will be open today if you want to pay it in person. You can check to see if your local office will be open on this list here (warning: it’s a pdf).
You can either print out a registration form from the website or else pick one up in the office itself, where you will be able to pay by cash, cheque or postal order.
3. Post
You can collect a registration form from your local post office, your nearest local authority office, libraries, citizens information centres or from the website, and post it along with a cheque or postal order made payable to ‘Household Charge’. The address to post it to is: Household Charge, PO Box 12168, Dublin.
The Local Government Management Agency which is looking after the administration of the household charge has said that no-one will be penalised if their letter arrives early next week, as long as it can be assumed that the letter was posted on 31 March.
Exemptions
Not all houses have to pay the charge. Anyone who owns a house in certain ghost estates or who is entitled to mortgage interest supplement can apply for a waiver while people living in social housing are among the types of properties which are exempt from the payment.
Need help?
The household charge bureau will be open to take calls from 9am until 8.30pm today. LoCall on 1890 357 357 if you have any questions.
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I feel so so so sad.Mark came to speak to my school a few years ago. He was a friend of my teacher.,He was great craic and really motivated us, Its awful to hear he is now paralysed, I hope alot of money is raised for him
Unlucky guy, fair play to him for being so positive.
Massive respect to Mark. I heard him on the radio a few weeks ago, a tragic yet inspiring story. We can all learn from his postivity and fortitude. Keep fighting, fella.
I was feeling under the weather today and this story put things into perspective. I will do the run if we can get further details….
Hi Simon – Mark will be delighted to hear it – I put the link to the website with all the details in the article above so readers could easily click through. It is http://www.run4mark.com. Good luck with it!
I watched the programme with Mark in it last year,what a cruel twist of fate Mark has had to endure,losing his sight,and then becoming paraylaysed,and not once have I ever heard him complain.he’s a testament to the words bravery,I really hope everyone can get involved and help Mark in anyway they can.
A total gentleman. Everyone should do all they can for him. I struggled in a fitness test recently and thought of marks journey to the pole…… I found the strength to finish the course.
Where does he get his strength from. It’s amazing
What an inspiration, did he ever get married!
i saw a story today of an ipad2 sold for $5million.
what a waste when causes like marks could benefit from the donations etc…
best of luck with the run, id take part only i suffer with chronic back pain
I’ve shared the link http://www.run4mark.com on other websites that I use. Who knows, someone out there might cough up a load of money to help this young man deal with this new challenge. Mark sounds amazing.
Jaysus, blind n paralysed………
What a fukin trooper.
We all give out for not havin enuf money or cool accessories- try this mans shoes on for the day ( no pun intended)
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