Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 October 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority

9:30 am

Photo of Ciarán CannonCiarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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The provision Ms Delaney refers to has not yet been enacted. Is the regulator proactively seeking that power to oblige charities, particularly those recently established charities, to attend webinars? I would argue these webinars are very much in their interests as regards their governance, the public's trust in them and their credibility. Would the regulator encourage Government or the Minister to confer that power upon it? Can the regulator assume that power? Does it have the legislative freedom to do so once the amendment is enacted?