Cllr Ferguson welcomes mood of meeting

 

Cllr Conor Ferguson welcomed the mood of the Don't Register/ Don't Pay meeting held in Kells-People's Resource Centre. Ferguson congratulated the groups on a successful well attended meeting that was apolitical, and gave citizens advice on how to resist the Household/Septic  tank charges, He said ' it's not right that ordinary people should pay a €100 household charge on there dwellings, this household charge serves no other purpose other than bail out the bankers and investors.   The €100 will not go to council amenities as stated by the FG/Lab government, as the government has already capped any money the county councils will receive'.
  Speaking on the Septic Tanks he stated 'he was one of two Kells town councillors with septic tanks, and that it was impossible for anyone to visually inspect a septic tank without lifting all the soil around it. If a inspector can do this for €50 fair play to him, but this has all the hallmarks of another stealth tax on the Irish people.' He said there was an excellent mood from the room in fighting these charges, he thanked the committee for the meting and pledged the support of Kells Sinn Féin to their cause. 
  The Don't Register/Don't pay group will host a number of meetings around county Meath and are looking a mass group not to register for the charges by 17th of March. As only 5% of people done so in the last month there goal seems achievable.