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Serving Cork for 120 years EE - V1 EDITION NO. 34,799 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2013 RRP: e1.50 Recommended retail price €1.50 02.01.13 TONIGHT WEATHER L: 8°C A couple of showers Winds: SW at 7-14 mph Cork spends e300k collecting house fee MORE than €300,000 was spent administering and collecting the controversial household charge in Cork during 2012. A Freedom of Information request from the Evening Echo to Cork City and County Council revealed the six-figure spend by the local authorities on administering the €100 charge on behalf of central government. Compliance with the charge is By MARY SMITHWICK Politics Editor administered by the Revenue Com- missioners. However, Cork County Council stated that it estimated it spent €180,000 from January 1 and October 31 in relation to the charge. Cork City Council spent €153,138 on administering the charge in the same period. Local authorities across the coun- try accepted payment and administered elements of the charge during the year on behalf of the Local Government Management Agency. A spokesman for the Depart- ment of the Environment confirmed that the local authorities will not be reimbursed for this expenditure, pointing out that the funds collected were paid into a centralised Local Government Fund which was then paid on the local authorities. However, all local authorities saw their payments from the fund cut this year. ● See page nine for more. at more than 67% in the city, while in the county council area, more than 87,000 households had re- gistered by the end of October bring- ing in more than €8.7 million — which all had to be paid to central government. The €100 charge has been abol- ished for 2013, and will be replaced by the household tax which will be College boss on cuts blow “IT IS heart-breaking for a college to have to dismantle courses which have been built up over decades and have grown and developed to meet the demands of students and of the business life of this city. ” Those are the words of the principal of Cork College of Commerce Helen Ryan regarding the impact of recent Government budget cuts on the VEC sector. In an article written for today’s she adds: “It is absolutely numbing to have to tell so many teachers that their jobs are in immediate danger — men and women with mortgages, families, lives planned out before them, careers dedicated to teaching. ” ● See the full article on page 18. CLASSIC STYLE KICKS OFF NEW YEAR... Charlie O’Brien, Old Mallow Road; Holly Coughlan, Passage; Denise Higgins, Blackrock and John Deasy, Blackrock, at the New Year’s Eve ball at the Maryborough Hotel and Spa. See pages six and seven for more New Year’s Eve celebrations. Picture: Eddie O’Hare SEE OUR EXCITING RANGE OF ROMAN BLINDS SALE Old Mallow Rd, Cork Tel. 021-4280400 Unit 5. Eastside S.C. Ballincollig Tel. 021-4876805 At The Rock, Midleton Tel. 021-4639052 140 Bank Place, Mallow Tel. 022-51666 Patrick Street, Fermoy Tel. 025-30886 Unit 4. Casement Street, Clonakility Tel. 023-8858945 VISIT OUR SHOWROOMS Starting Wednesday, January 2nd PRICES SLASHED ON ALL BLINDS FREE MEASURING & FITTING SERVICE EXCELLENT CHOICE OF FABRICS AT THE GENUINE SALE serving the people of Cork for over 50 years

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S e r v i n g C o r k f o r 1 2 0 y e a r s

EE - V1

EDITION NO. 34,799WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2013 RRP: e1.50

Recommendedretail price

€1.50

02.01.13

TONIGHT

WEATHER F

L: 8°CA couple ofshowers

Winds: SW at7-14 mph

Cork spends e300kcollecting house feeMORE than €300,000 wasspent administering and col-lecting the controversialhousehold charge in Corkduring 2012.

A Freedom of Information requestfrom the Evening Echo to Cork Cityand County Council revealed thesix-figure spend by the local author-ities on administering the €100charge on behalf of central govern-ment. Compliance with the charge is

By MARY SMITHWICKPolitics Editor

administered by the Revenue Com-missioners.

However, Cork County Councilstated that it estimated it spent€180,000 from January 1 and October31 in relation to the charge.

Cork City Council spent €153,138on administering the charge in thesame period.

Local authorities across the coun-try accepted payment and admin-istered elements of the chargeduring the year on behalf of the

Local Government ManagementAgency. A spokesman for the Depart-ment of the Environment confirmedthat the local authorities will not bereimbursed for this expenditure,pointing out that the funds collectedwere paid into a centralised LocalGovernment Fund which was thenpaid on the local authorities.

However, all local authorities sawtheir payments from the fund cutthis year.● See page nine for more.

at more than 67% in the city, whilein the county council area, morethan 87,000 households had re-gistered by the end of October bring-ing in more than €8.7 million —which all had to be paid to centralgovernment.

The €100 charge has been abol-ished for 2013, and will be replacedby the household tax which will be

College bosson cuts blow“IT IS heart-breaking for a college tohave to dismantle courses whichhave been built up over decadesand have grown and developed tomeet the demands of students andof the business life of this city. ”Those are the words of the principalof Cork College of Commerce HelenRyan regarding the impact of recentGovernment budget cuts on theVEC sector.In an article written for today’s

she adds: “It isabsolutely numbing to have to tell somany teachers that their jobs are inimmediate danger — men andwomen with mortgages, families,lives planned out before them,careers dedicated to teaching. ”● See the full article on page 18.

CLASSIC STYLEKICKSOFF NEWYEAR... Charlie O’Brien, OldMallowRoad; Holly Coughlan, Passage; Denise Higgins,Blackrock and John Deasy, Blackrock, at the New Year’s Eve ball at theMaryborough Hotel and Spa. See pages six andseven for more New Year’s Eve celebrations. Picture: Eddie O’Hare

SEE OUR EXCITING RANGE OF ROMAN BLINDS

SALE

Old Mallow Rd,CorkTel. 021-4280400

Unit 5. EastsideS.C. BallincolligTel. 021-4876805

At The Rock,MidletonTel. 021-4639052

140 Bank Place,MallowTel. 022-51666

Patrick Street,FermoyTel. 025-30886

Unit 4.Casement Street,ClonakilityTel. 023-8858945

VISIT OURSHOWROOMS

Starting Wednesday,January 2ndPRICES

SLASHED ONALL BLINDS

FREEMEASURING &