Hogan ‘sorry’ if approach appeared arrogant

Environment Minister Phil Hogan gave a private apology to Fine Gael TDs last night for the perceived arrogance in his approach to the €100 household charge.

With 1.1m householders still to register just days ahead of the deadline, Mr Hogan has been forced to cancel an OECD trip to Paris to deal with the fiasco.

Only 31,500 homes signed up yesterday, bringing the total registered to 426,599 of 1.6m homes.