Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 November 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is because the group is no longer active. We will ask Revenue whether there is a sunset clause involved when it comes before the committee next week. We will make a note of that. The first of the organisations with which the Charities Regulator has a lot of interaction that Ms Martin mentioned was Revenue. The regulator has quite a lot of dealings with it because of the financial side of things. That is why I thought Ms Martin might know about this. We will ask the Revenue representatives when they are in.

I have a few questions on the Charities Regulator's accounts. To follow up on what Deputy O'Connell said, we have heard about the investment policy the NTMA set with respect to tobacco and, a year or two earlier, the armaments industry. It has a clear policy. I believe the Courts Service has a lot of funds invested on behalf of wards of court and it also has a policy not to invest in those areas. Will the witnesses clarify the regulator's policy with regard to investing in those areas? Who manages the fund?

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.