Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of permits that are currently in effect that sanction national, charitable, as distinct from local organisations to do street collections; the standard conditions of these permits; if they are reviewed by An Gardaí Síochána on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42129/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Section 5 of the Street and House to House Collections Act, 1962 provides that the Chief Superintendent for each Division may, on the application of any person who proposes to hold a collection in that locality, grant a collection permit to that person authorising him to hold a collection in that locality.

There is no facility for a single national permit to conduct street collections to be issued.