Róisín Shortall
Ceist:176 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in drafting legislation to adopt a regulatory regime for charities; the plans he has to provide penalties for persons who falsely collect or act on a charity's behalf; his plans to curb the phenomenon of door to door collections by persons falsely posing as a representative of a charity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28762/03]