# New legislation to regulate face-to-face fundraisers in Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/02/21/new-legislation-regulate-facetoface-fundraisers-ireland/
- Published: 2011-02-21T09:48:44+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Face-to-face fundraisers in Ireland will soon need a garda permit to stop pedestrians
and ask for donations. Currently such fundraisers are unregulated but that is set
to change under the new Charities Bill.

An independent charity monitoring group is also due to be up and running by the 
end of the year.

Executive Director of Irish Charities Tax Research Sheila Nordon told the Irish 
Examiner that the public can report to the group.

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“The idea is that a member of the public who is not happy with the way a charity
responded (to a complaint) can escalate that complaint to the monitoring group who
will look into it,” Ms Nordon said.

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