Jim D'Arcy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Further to my raising this issue in the House, supported by Senator Bacik, I was very pleased to hear the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, state in the Dáil yesterday that he would amend the section in the Finance Bill dealing with the single parent tax credit. He intends to introduce an amendment on Committee Stage to allow a transfer of the credit to the other parent where the designated principal carer has no taxable income. While this may not go far enough for some in terms of equality, it will be of significant practical benefit to many-----