MacMathúna v Attorney General
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Court | Supreme Court |
| Judge | FINLAYC.J. |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1995 |
| Neutral Citation | 1994 WJSC-SC 3610 |
| Docket Number | [S.C. No. 105 of 1989] |
| Date | 01 January 1995 |
and
1994 WJSC-SC 3610A
FINLAY C.J.
EGAN J.
BLAYNEY J.
DENHAM J.
COSTELLO J.
THE SUPREME COURT
Synopsis:
CONSTITUTION
Statute
Validity - Family - Protection - Taxation - Inequality - Married couple with nine children - Support less than that given to unmarried mother with same number of children - Income Tax Act, 1967, ss. 138A, 141 - Social Welfare Act, 1973, s. 8 - Finance Act, 1979, s. 4 - Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981, s. 197 - Finance Act, 1986, ss. 3, 4 - Constitution of Ireland, 1937, Articles 40, 41 - (105/89 - Supreme Court - 14/7/94)
|Mac Mathuna v. Ireland|
OIREACHTAS
Function
Nation - Resources - Allocation - Taxation - Inequality - Marriage - Institution - Protection - (105/89 - Supreme Court - 14/7/94) - [1995] 1 I.R. 484 - [1995] 1 ILRM 69
|Mac Mathuna v. Ireland|
REVENUE
Income tax
Inequality - Family - Protection - Failure - National resources - Allocation - Function of Oireachtas - (105/89 - Supreme Court - 14/7/94) - [1995] 1 I.R. 484 - [1995] 1 ILRM 69
|Mac Mathuna v. Ireland|
Citations:
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATION) ACT 1981
SOCIAL WELFARE ACT 1973
SOCIAL WELFARE (SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE) REGS 1973 SI 190/1973 RULE 7
INCOME TAX ACT 1967 S138(a)
FINANCE ACT 1979 S4
FINANCE ACT 1986 S3
CONSTITUTION ART 41
FINANCE ACT 1986 S4
INCOME TAX ACT 1967 S141
SOCIAL WELFARE ACT 1973 S8
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATION) ACT 1991 S197
CONSTITUTION ART 40
MAC MATHUNA V IRELAND 1989 IR 504
SOMJEE & ANOR V MIN FOR JUSTICE 1981 ILRM 324
MADIGAN V AG 1986 ILRM 136
O'REILLY & ORS V LIMERICK CORPORATION & ORS 1989 ILRM 181
CONSTITUTION ART 41.2.2
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION (PAY) ACT 1974
SOCIAL WELFARE (SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE) REGS 1973 SI 190/1973
FINANCE ACT 1983...
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