Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 265: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason it is necessary for applicants to have tax clearance certificates in relation to the new scheme of grants (details supplied) from local authorities. [12685/08]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Department of Finance Circular 44 of 2006 (Tax Clearance Procedures Grants, Subsidies and Similar Type Payments) sets down revised procedures to be followed in the operation of the tax clearance scheme for applicants for all grants from State and public sector bodies.

The Circular provides that, in the case of a grant application totalling €10,000 or more, all applicants are required to produce a valid Tax Clearance Certificate. The provisions of the Circular apply in respect of all grant applications received after 1 January 2007 and were, therefore, applicable prior to the implementation, in November 2007, of the revised Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability.