Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2022
546. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will engage with the charity regulator to establish if an organisation (details supplied) has made an application to be registered as a charity; if no such application has been made, the action that her Department proposes to take in the case in which the organisation is claiming to be a registered charity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58716/22]
View answerI wish to inform the Deputy that the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has overall responsibility for the Charities Regulator.
The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has advised that the Regulator is fully independent in the performance of their statutory functions under Section 14 (3) of the Charities Act 2009, and neither their Minister nor their Department have any role in the decision-making process of the Regulator, including the registration of charities.
