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- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: I presume people from the tourism industry are on the board of Bord Fáilte.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Grand.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: I have a few questions. One of the documents we have been given provides a list of purposes that are of benefit to the community, broken down by category. These include the advancement of community welfare and many other categories. The area of human rights is mentioned. Is that allowed as a category?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Promoting human rights is not a charitable purpose, although promoting animal welfare is.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is excluded.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Okay. Are the main sporting organisations charities?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Are they excluded?
- 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?