John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

We are trying to ensure ease of compliance with reporting requirements. At present, the information on expenditure is the same as what charities would provide to the Revenue Commissioners. We want to avoid a situation arising whereby the Revenue figure increases to €200,000 while the figure in this legislation remains the same because this would complicate reporting requirements. The amendment would afford us the opportunity to vary our limits to match others without introducing amending legislation.

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