CF charity calls for €400k tax waiver

A cystic fibrosis (CF) charity that has single-handedly funded the overhaul of facilities for CF patients in a public hospital at a cost of almost €3m has called on the Government to waive a €400,000 tax bill. 

Joe Browne, founder of Munster-based Build4Life, said it made no sense for the charity to fork out almost €400,000 in Vat when it was “essentially doing the Government’s job” by paying for a 20-bed inpatient respiratory ward at Cork University Hospital.

The charity has previously funded the building of an adult outpatient CF clinic at the hospital at a cost of about €350,000 and has fundraised the €1m needed to develop inpatient and outpatient facilities for children with CF attending CUH.