# Minister says no Irish charity regulator in sight

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/05/23/minister-says-no-irish-charity-regulator-sight/
- Published: 2012-05-23T08:46:36+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Irish Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, has confirmed that the new Charities
Regulatory Authority which was to be established after the passing of the 2009 Charities
Act will now not be established.

Mr Shatter said it was not possible to proceed with the full implementation of the
Act at this time “given the likely scale of the financial and staffing resources
implied”. A figure for the establishment and running of the authority was never 
given but last year the Charity Commission in Northern Ireland’s running costs were
just under £800,000.

As well as a host of regulations relating to financial reporting, the [Charities Regulatory Authority](http://www.oireachtas.ie)
had three main functions in relation to the regulation of fundraising – police permits
for all types of collections, published details of fundraising and income annually
and an agreed code of practice for fundraising.

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Some recommendations contained in the 2009 Act have been introduced on a voluntary
basis, such as the fundraising code of practice, and charities which are also limited
companies are required to submit annual returns.

Minister Shatter said his department encouraged the development by the charity sector
itself of a set of voluntary codes of practice for fundraising, “of which openness
is a core principle”.

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