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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: The figure for that year was €2.9 billion.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: How do we break down how much was left or given in a charitable way by various individuals, philanthropists and organisations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Let us take a step back, if Ms Martin does not mind. We have a figure for total income in 2017. Do we know what amount and percentage of that was from charitable donations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Why is that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I want to dig into this issue because it is one of my main concerns. We have been around the houses in this committee on numerous occasions with issues relating to the third level sector. We did a specific report on it, in fact, and there is a whole quagmire of issues relating to how third level funding operates in respect of third party organisations, etc. We hear a lot about...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: They are outside of the process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Looking at the round picture, significant amounts are being given by organisations to third level colleges, universities, etc. From a process point of view, in terms of how that funding is spent, is it true that the Charities Regulator is very limited in terms of how it can analyse whether those moneys have been used appropriately, including, in many cases, for charitable purposes?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: That is my point.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: This is a huge issue and we have gone around the houses on it. I thank Mr. McCarthy for the information he provided. I am glad we teased the matter out this morning because there seems to be a big hole here in terms of accountability. We spent years, on and off, dealing with issues relating to the third level sector. Indeed, we did a whole programme on it. Will Ms Martin confirm that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: However, the foundations do not.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: We have the 2017 figure. How much went through each foundation in that year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Does Ms Martin have any figures to hand today?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Can she indicate whether the sum in question is significant?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Can it be done retrospectively or just for 2018 or 2017?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: Ms Martin indicated that her organisation is now grabbing more information than it used to do.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: We need to get a holistic picture of where funds are going. Universities are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General and we now know of other sources of income. These foundations are outside the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General but do come under the Charities Regulator. The funding goes through these foundations and comes out the other end, so we should be able to create...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I would encourage that for many different reasons.

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I thank Fianna Fáil for moving this motion, although I will be forgiven for feeling like this is Groundhog Day all over again. We go around and around debating this. Unfortunately, I do not believe that we, as a collective political institution, are taking one another seriously enough. There is a lot of politics, but I am not sure that there are many solutions. Talking about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice and the committee for facilitating me. The just transition was announced in the budget. I represent Littleton in County Tipperary where the plant was closed last year. I wrote to the relevant Minister and contacted his Department pointing out that Littleton must be part of this process because no Government can discriminate against people in a part of Tipperary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Alan Kelly: I ask that those be communicated to me.