Niall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of refunds claimed by registered charities from Revenue under section 848 Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 in the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37705/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Section 848A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 provides for a scheme for tax relief on donations to eligible charities. Certain other approved bodies are also eligible to relief under section 848A and a list of these bodies as well as the conditions which they must satisfy in order to be approved are included in Schedule 26A of the Act. I am informed by the Revenue Commissioners who administer the scheme of relief that their records do not differentiate between refunds to eligible charities and refunds to other approved bodies.

The following table sets out the payments made by Revenue to charities and other approved bodies under the scheme for the years requested.