Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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We persisted with this issue and have finally received information which has been clarified. There were 70 people involved. To clarify, 12 of them were direct employees, while the rest were not. I agree with the Chairman in pursuing the matter. However, there are other implications for charities. The Charities Act has not been fully implemented or properly resourced. This is one example of a charity which went unregulated. The difficulties with the Health Service Executive have been outlined. It took a long time to come to any decision but when it finally did, it carried out an excellent audit. This is happening in other organisations, yet the Act has not been fully implemented or properly resourced, which is extraordinary. It was brought forward in 2009, was it not?