Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 127: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Law Reform Commission consultation paper on legal structures for charities; his views on the paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4441/06]

Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)
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Question 153: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the Law Reform Commission's proposal to introduce a new legal structure for charities to be called the Charitable Incorporated Organisation. [4340/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 153 together.

The Law Reform Commission is an independent statutory body. Its Second Programme for Law Reform identified certain branches of the law for examination, including the law of charities. In that context, the Law Reform Commission took the initiative to prepare a Consultation Paper on Legal Structures for Charities, which was published on 16 January 2006, with a deadline for submissions of 31 March 2006.

The Law Reform Commission usually publishes in two stages: first a consultation paper, and then a report. The consultation paper is intended to form the basis for discussion and, accordingly, the recommendations, conclusions and suggestions contained in it are provisional. The commission makes its final recommendations, following further consideration of the issues and consultation, in the report.