Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the problems caused by unlicenced operators pretending to be charities; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties they cause for genuine charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35909/06]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Government has acknowledged that Irish charity law is in need of modernisation. To address this, there is a commitment in the Agreed Programme for Government that a comprehensive reform of the law relating to charities will be enacted to ensure accountability and to protect against abuse of charitable status and fraud.

In delivering on this commitment, earlier this year, the Government approved the General Scheme for the Charities Regulation Bill. It is anticipated that the Charities Regulation Bill, which is currently being drafted as a priority, will be published in early 2007.