South Dublin most compliant with Household Charge

Residents in part of South Dublin are the most compliant when it comes to paying the Household Charge, according to Government figures.

Up to 85% of those living in the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown local authority area have now paid the charge.

However, those in Donegal have so far been the least compliant at just 55%.

Up to 1.1 million homes have now been registered, still well short of the 1.6 million homes estimated by the Government.

Junior Environment Minister Fergus O'Dowd has refused to say in the Dáil if people will have to pay the Household Charge in January and the Property Tax from July.

Mr O'Dowd said: "There will be total transparecny about what is happening, where it is happening.

"I am not in a position to say now, but I would encourage everybody who has not paid the Household Charge and who is liable for it to pay it."