Waste campaigners target debt collection company

dublin | bin tax / household tax / water tax | press release

Thursday October 23, 2003 15:54

by pat c

086 2594158

Waste campaigners target debt collection company

Members of the Dublin Campaign Against the Bin Tax are today holding a symbolic
picket of a debt collection company which has been employed by Dublin City
Council in an attempt to force non-payers to paying the Bin Tax.

Campaigners will also hand in a letter to the company, Legal & Trade Collection (Ireland), asking them to cease sending intimidating letters to non-payers.

Campaign Secretary Joe Mooney said:
"Legal & Trade Collection (Ireland) is the Irish branch of a major American multi-national debt collection agency with branches throughout the world. Dublin City Council has passed some Bin Tax debts on to the company and ordinary residents have received letters from the company demanding payment.

Legal & Trade Collection (Ireland) are doing the dirty work for Dublin City Council. It is important that people who receive letters from the company realise that the agency has no more legal rights than the City Council. There is no legal obligation to allow debt collectors into your home and they have no right to seize property in "payment".

The Dublin Campaign Against the Bin Tax is asking Legal & Trade Collection (Ireland) to refrain from sending out threatening letters, on behalf of
Dublin City Council, in another underhand attempt to force people to pay the unjust and undemocratic Bin Tax.

The symbolic picket and handing in of the protest letter will take place at the offices of Legal & Trade Collection (Ireland) at Block C, Ashtown
Gate, Navan Road at 4pm on Thursday 23rd October.

More information:
Cieran Perry Mobile 086 2594158