171 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the justification for the regime whereby the same income tax exemption threshold for persons over 65 is applied to widowed persons as to single people; the reason no extra tax exemption is applied to widowed persons over 65 years when widowed persons enjoy extra tax credits and wider tax bands to reflect the extra costs associated with their circumstances; the cost in a full year of allowing an income tax exemption threshold to widowed persons of 1.5 times the single persons limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26623/07]

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171 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the justification for the regime whereby the same income tax exemption threshold for persons over 65 is applied to widowed persons as to single people; the reason no extra tax exemption is applied to widowed persons over 65 years when widowed persons enjoy extra tax credits and wider tax bands to reflect the extra costs associated with their circumstances; the cost in a full year of allowing an income tax exemption threshold to widowed persons of 1.5 times the single persons limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26623/07]

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