Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 November 2012
186. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for making a charitable donation of a property to an organisation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53189/12]
View answerThe Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland are mandated under the Charities Acts, 1961 and 1973 to provide various services to trustees of charities. The Office of the Commissioners falls under the aegis of the Department of Justice and Equality. It is the view of the Office of the Commissioners that the donation of a property to a charity is a disposal of property in the normal sense of a disposal. As such, the procedure involved is the normal legal procedure to ensure that the title to the property passes from the donor to the donee. The fact that the donee is a charity does not alter that procedure.
