Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As the regulator is independent I am always careful about getting involved with applications for charitable status. I need to keep a bit of distance in that regard. The regulator has some discretion to waive certain requirements in exceptional circumstances. It is the regulator's decision as to when and how some requirements might be waived. This is as much as I would say on it for now. The regulator's office is pretty much fully staffed at the moment. I believe it is four or five short at the moment but that this is just a natural or lateral churn.