Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)

The Minister of State should indicate to Members what he would categorise as an offence that would merit either of these penalties. Does this pertain to the concern that many organisations, which may be cloaking themselves as charities, only provide minimal amounts of the sums they collect to the actual charity involved? Is this the type of offence that is envisaged? I refer to cases in which perhaps 5% of the sums collected go towards a charity and in which sharp practice might be implied. Is this the type of situation to which such offences will be applied?

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