Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance

Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed)

11:00 am

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The effect of this amendment section is that if a charity or eligible organisation is struck off the charity register, a person who made a donation to that charity in good faith and for which they received a tax break, prior to the charity being struck off, will still get the benefit of the tax break or write-off. Something, someone or several people must have prompted the Minister to consider the inclusion of such a provision. What prompted the Minister to include it?

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