10,000 people have registered to pay the household charge in the last fortnight since 105,000 letters were issued warning people about non-payment.
Page 7 of the Irish Times reports that as of Friday last, 986,676 properties had registered for the charge.
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Some 962,283 had paid the €100 tax while owners of 17,993 properties had registered for a waiver.
The remaining 6,400 applications were awaiting resolution of queries.
A spokesman for the Department of the Environment said €97 million in charges and late fees had been collected to date.
He said about 105,000 letters had been issued in the past fortnight, reminding people of their obligation to pay the charge and setting out the late payment penalties.
