‘VAT bill Could Pay for Extra Housing’
Agency - Respect/ Daughters of Charity
Vat Bill €1.2 million
 Since
1892, the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul have worked
hard to provide care, education and training for people with a mental
disability.
They provide a seamless programme of care, from infancy right through
to old age. Their work is ultimately about people - their dignity
and their right to a decent quality of life. The Daughters of Charity
care for 2,300 people, 800 of whom are in full-time residential
care, with 1, 500 attending specialist centres on a daily basis.
Unfortunately, not all of those who need it are of are housed in
suitable accommodation and specialist housing is urgently required.
To this end, the Daughters of Charity are working on a project
to construct nine specially designed bungalows, in Chapelizod, west
Dublin. The bungalows are part of what is known as the Glenmaroon
Project and will house 54 people with severe intellectual disabilities.
Money for the project is raised through Respect, effectively the
fundraising arm of the organisation.
The cost of the project is estimated at €10 million
– with VAT on the building costs alone totaling €1.2
million!
But VAT must also be paid on fundraising costs – so it costs
money to raise money to build the houses in the first place! In
2002, Respect paid VAT of €21,000 on fundraising.
In short, the VAT bill could finance the provision of at
least one, if not two extra bungalows – ensuring that 12 people
with intellectual disability were properly and adequately housed.
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