Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Some of the 11,000-odd charities are schools and sporting clubs and some charities are public services that, in other jurisdictions, would be public services rather than charities providing services to the public. One of the biggest responsibilities of the Charities Regulator is to make sure the public has trust in the other cohort of more recognised charities, if you like. There have been catastrophic failures. Console would have been a case in point. The Peter McVerry Trust is in a different category, but there were some serious governance issues which the regulator identified in its report, such as the inadequate management of accounts, including basic stuff like the level of debtors and creditors and debt financing. It is documented well in the report. Other than it being brought to the regulator's attention, how would Ms Delaney identify similar failures in other high-profile charities?