John Dolan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Activity reporting needs to be developed because there should be an activity report. That could be a bit like my first class composition, "I got up. I washed my face. I did this ...", but activity reporting where the governors make an honest effort to give a sense of the value for the funding and resources deployed could be a very potent instrument to get people and organisations to focus on the value and give them a different way to look at their work.

It all comes back to public benefit. In that sense the charity sector in a republic is very closely related to public service. That needs to be thought about more. It will be very interesting to think about how they are not involved in the political space in a democracy if they are involved in public benefit. That is a philosophical comment. Does Mr. Farrelly think the activity report is necessary?