John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Did they sit on their hands, or were they actually doing something about what was going on within the charities sector? What were they doing? Why did this issue just arise now? Did nobody engage with the charities sector? I just want to get an idea of the structure that was there prior to the enactment of the new legislation. Was the structure effective? Did it gather information on the charities sector in terms of how it had developed over the last ten or 15 years?