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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: To tease out the question of the High Court just a little more, given that the Minister of State is removing one aspect of an appeals system from the courts system to the Charity Appeals Tribunal, there are concerns about the connection between the Charities Regulator and the tribunal. What would be the connection between both bodies? Are they the same organisation? I am just not clear-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Again, there is just a concern when one aspect of an appeals system is removed whether that system is strong enough. It is a matter of the sense of confidence in that appeals system and that it is entirely independent. I take the Minister of State's point. Another welcome aspect that I have raised on the floor of the Chamber is about people purporting to be a charity and using so-called...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: There is a sense that there was a previous law that was not commenced with regard to door-to-door collections and the types of charities that are collecting. One even sees in churches that a donation can now be tapped. The request was made that as this provision of the Charities Act 2009 has not been implemented, tap donations might be added to this legislation. I will try to find the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: It is; I beg the Minister of State's pardon. Section 93 of the Charities Act 2009 was never commenced and therefore it is not currently law.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I think so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Allegedly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: The Chairman has opened my eyes up because I just recently did that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: On head 7, the new section 29(6)(b) relates to the power of the charities regulator to withdraw the application for charitable status if they deem some documentation not to have been presented to the charities regulator. There is a feeling that while there may be some documentation that needs clarification or might need to be submitted, to remove the charity from the register for something...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I am quite surprised and I am going to find out today exactly how much money went to the school, because it was a diary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Okay. I never knew that until the Chairman said that. It is interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: My understanding was this money was going to the school. That is certainly what I was led to believe. That is interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: The invoice will be heading the Chairman's way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Once one applies to be a charity it is unclear as to whether one can operate as a charity while the application is ongoing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: There are a number of references to the UK and to EEA countries in the context of the operation of charities. My query is specific to the operation of charities in the North where, for example, a 32-county charity may have an office in the North but is also operating in the South. I cannot detail them here but we must be aware of some of the difficulties that may pertain to charities in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: No. That is it. Go raibh maith agat.

Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire for bringing forward this motion. Sinn Féin proposes to put in place a significant package of €161 million in cash payments. I welcome the measures introduced today but they do not go far enough and will not deal with the situation facing a great many families. We need to do simple things. We need to give a back to school allowance to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I raise the case of a constituent of the Tánaiste and of mine who is waiting on a relatively minor operation for a hernia on his leg. He has been waiting for six months and has been told that he has another six months to go. He has been out of work for six months and must continue to get sick pay for another six months until the operation is done. His savings have been depleted. He...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the Bill to exempt certain groups, including children under 16 years of age, from statutory charges for inpatient and day care services in public hospitals. I am sure this will be a welcome relief for hard-pressed families given the increase in the cost of living in all other aspects of life but it needs to go much further. The fact that these charges were introduced in the first...

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the Bill, which ensures all children with special educational needs will have access to special classes. Sinn Féin had called for this previously. I thank all of the parents and students in Dublin 15 and Dublin 17 who worked tirelessly to ensure those children who had no school places for September were given a voice. Hundreds of worried and concerned parents turned up to...