Sunday evening update by Donie

Levy of €100 Household Charge 

Cannot be paid at Ireland’s Post Office’s

The Department of the Environment has said that post offices are not collecting payments for the household charge over the counter.

 No to P.O. 

Joan Burton hopes for ‘as much facilitation as possible’

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The Department of the Environment has said that post offices are not collecting payments for the household charge over the counter, and no arrangements have been made to allow this.

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, had earlier told the This Week programme on RTÉ that, as far as she understood, arrangements were being made to allow people pay the household charge at their local post office.

The Minister said it is her preference if possible that people will be allow pay the charge at Post Offices before Saturday.

Minister Burton said the law on the issue is set out but she hopes “as much facilitation is given to people as possible”.

She also described next Saturday’s deadline for the payment of the charge as “ambitious”.

Registration forms for the payment are available in post offices, and people can fill out their forms, and post them along with a cheque or postal order, in the post office.