Seanad debates

Tuesday, 25 March 2003

Finance Bill 2003 [ Certified Money Bill ] : Second Stage.

 

While I am on the topic, I refer to section 166 which provides the Revenue Commissioners with statutory authority to make on a discretionary basis payments for loss of purchasing power to those widows affected by the High Court decision in the case of O'Coindealbhain v. O'Carroll. The Revenue Commissioners will make these payments by reference to the consumer price index, as recommended by the Ombudsman. To complement the statutory provision for widows made in this section and complete the implementation of the recommendations set out in the Ombudsman's report, the Revenue Commissioners will make payments in respect of loss of purchasing power to ten other taxpayers to whom the report refers. These payments will be made by the Revenue Commissioners wholly on an exceptional ex gratia basis to the ten taxpayers concerned and no others. The provisions in section 166 and these ex gratia payments are intended to deal with the cases raised by the Ombudsman only. The general scheme of interest and repayments provided for in the Bill is prospective.

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