Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is laid before the House. There is a formal process for doing it.

Second, the Deputy asked about the Charities Bill and the establishment of the charities regulation authority.

The full implementation of the Charities Act, including the establishment of the authority and the register of charities, had resource implications and had to be examined in the context of the urgent need to reduce Government expenditure. The Minister did not bring the legislation into force to consider how best to achieve the objectives of the Act in that context but it is Government policy to strengthen the regulation of the charitable sector in an effective and proportionate way. The Minister is looking at the commencement of the various sections of the Act and my understanding is that he will do that next year.

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