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Tue 12 Dec 2009Council votes for budget that brings in waste charges for poor
DUBLIN CITY councillors have voted by a two-to-one majority in favour of a budget that includes the introduction of waste charges for 40,000 of Dublin’s poorest households for the first time.
The budget also includes a cut of more than 50 per cent in investment in city infrastructure for the next three years. The motion to pass the budget was proposed by Sinn Féin’s Killian Forde, whose party has previously refused to accept the charges for householders of any income.
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