Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

----- which in many cases are delivered on the basis of payments provided by the State. Second, it must ensure the controversies do not undermine public confidence in them. This is the reason the Government brought in legislation to provide for a charities regulator. This is the reason the Government is proceeding with the putting in place of that regulatory regime and it is the Minister's intention that this will be in place, hopefully, by the end of February.

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