Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I agree entirely with the Deputy. We have very stringent measures in place. Any NGO to which we provide funding can use a maximum of 6% for administration purposes. Any NGO with revenue of more than €100,000 must be audited externally and independently. Any large NGO must declare salaries over €70,000. Dóchas, the umbrella organisation for NGOs, has put in place guidelines for best practice for NGOs and it also monitors them. Our new policy document clearly places huge emphasis on accountability, transparency, ensuring internal and external auditing takes place and ensuring the audited accounts of the various NGOs are put up on websites.

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