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- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: They are excluded bodies. That is fine. I just want to get the background. Local Tidy Towns committees do work for the benefit of the community, youth and so on. Are they eligible?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Are many Tidy Towns groups or other community groups eligible?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Continuing to tease out this question, can the local community centre register as a charity in order to benefit from tax relief on its income?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Many community centres can register, as can Tidy Towns groups.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: The reason I ask is that I saw a picture of someone from a Tidy Towns committee in the book the regulator provided. I thought the group must be registered if it is featured in the book. That is fine. That kind of information could be important to local communities. They should know about the financial benefit in respect of tax. Will the representatives give me a flavour of community...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Mr. O'Halloran is referring to something like the childcare centre in Tralee.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Does a group have to be a registered charity for a set period before it can avail of tax relief?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will make a note of that. Representatives of Revenue will be here next week or the following week. We will specifically ask them about that. The Charities Regulator does not deal with that side of things. I gather that most schools are registered in order to avail of tax relief. Do they need charitable status to avail of tax relief on an extension or new facilities in the school for...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Churches are also included.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: I am just asking so that people will know because I did not know that some of these local voluntary groups could register as charities, although sporting organisations are specifically excluded.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: It may have already been said but why were those 579 bodies removed from the register?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Why does that happen?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Why would a group lose its tax status? We will ask the Revenue but Ms Martin must also know.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is because the group is no longer active. We will ask Revenue whether there is a sunset clause involved when it comes before the committee next week. We will make a note of that. The first of the organisations with which the Charities Regulator has a lot of interaction that Ms Martin mentioned was Revenue. The regulator has quite a lot of dealings with it because of the financial side...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Davy can invest in funds that do not include companies involved in those industries. I ask the witnesses to provide the committee with a note. If those areas are not already excluded, I ask the regulator to follow the example of the other leading State agencies that have already implemented policies on this matter. It does not have to be legal, in that it can be an investment choice. If...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: It can be sent to us in writing.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: The national childcare scheme.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: We can put that to the Revenue Commissioners next week.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: The charitable exemption does not mean they necessarily get the tax exemption.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will raise that with the Revenue Commissioners when they are here in the next week or so.