Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Joint Sub-Committee on Human Rights relative to Justice and Equality Matters
Charities Act 2009 and Advancement of Human Rights: Discussion
2:30 pm
Dr. Oonagh Breen:
It is very interesting. When I spoke to Revenue about which organisations were able to get tax exemptions through the special list, Amnesty was the body mentioned. When I checked the Revenue's list of approved charities in advance of this meeting, there was reference to one Amnesty organisation, namely, the Amnesty International Foundation. The Irish section of Amnesty is not listed. This is another concrete example of an organisation that restructured to deal with the law as it exists.
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