John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Deputy for formally raising this matter on this Stage. It is a new issue and one with which we did not deal on previous Stages. I am as familiar as anyone else with those charities where one pays a certain amount and the cash collector has to give one change; perhaps sometimes it would be better if they kept all the money given. I take the specific point the Deputy made about the sealed boxes and the difficulty it would cause. Sealed boxes were introduced given that in a different era people collected for organisations with open buckets, which raised other issues.

I will certainly examine this matter. When the legislation goes to the Seanad, we will see how we can address it. It is an issue we will have to do something about. The Deputy is right in that respect.

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