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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: The changes relate to a Government decision on the Magdalen laundries, which makes it clear and beyond doubt that the tax treatment of moneys given to the Magdalen women is clear for all to see. The decision does not have a wider impact in terms of other compensation payments that may be given. While I am not aware of the payments to which the Deputy refers, I can look into the matter for...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 110: In page 88, to delete lines 11 to 37, and in page 89, to delete lines 1 to 9 and substitute the following: “ “Magdalen Laundry Payments205A. (1) In this section— ‘relevant individual’ means an individual to whom a relevant payment has been made; ‘relevant payment’ means a payment or payments made, directly or...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Brian Hayes: ...all to see. At the Government meeting of 5 November 2013, it was agreed that the Department of Social Protection would make the weekly payment to the women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen laundries, as recommended by Mr. Justice Quirke. It was also agreed that these payments would be exempt from tax. It has come to light that the decision to make these payments or the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I welcome the fact that this issue is being dealt with in this Finance Bill, as was recommended by the Magdalen Commission report. That report recommended that payments, whether lump sum or other, would be tax free. It is sad and must be acknowledged that since the apology from the Taoiseach to these women - and as we discuss this Bill today and its implications for the compensation...