Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Charities Regulatory Authority: Chairman-Designate

10:00 am

Mr. Paddy Hopkins:

Those additional members of staff have now come on board and we are in the process of putting them in place. It is one thing to put them in place but another to make them fully operational. When they are in place, it will certainly help us significantly in that part of the work. The other piece of work that will be very important is the area of compliance and enforcement. This relates to Part 4 of the Charities Act 2009 which has not been commenced yet. We will be looking for another tranche of staff. Since my appointment as chairman designate, I have met senior managers in the Department of Justice and Equality to seek another tranche of staff to look at the enforcement side of the Act. This will help reinforce the powers of the legislation.

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