Denis Landy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

A number of people in my area have brought to my attention the new - or not so new - concept of angel workshops. It purports to provide angel therapy, a non-denominational spiritual healing system. It may seem like a funny subject until one realises that people are paying €50 or €60 per session to talk to the angels. Some of the people who have contacted me have other illness, including psychological illnesses.

I have done some research into the matter. It has been in existence since 1958. Nonetheless, there is no proven benefit to people. People are entitled to do what they like with their money and people are entitled to provide whatever services they like. I want the Deputy Leader to inquire from the Revenue and the Minister for Finance as to whether this operation, which is spreading across the country at a rate that only angels could do, is tax compliant and that there is some regulation of it.

In the world I live in there is one Lord, one God, but everybody is entitled to believe whatever they want to believe. Given that this organisation and its workshops are extracting €50 or €60 for an afternoon sitting in a room in the belief that one is being put in contact with angels, some regulation needs to be applied to it.