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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Verona Murphy: We look forward to having the regulator back on that basis. I thank Ms Delaney.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ms Madeleine Delaney: The Deputy is correct that attendance is voluntary. We have quite good attendance but we are concerned that we are not reaching the volunteer-only very local charities that we really need to reach if we are to help them put in place governance and oversight measures, which is where charities can ultimately be exposed. We are doing a particular campaign or initiative...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ciarán Cannon: The provision Ms Delaney refers to has not yet been enacted. Is the regulator proactively seeking that power to oblige charities, particularly those recently established charities, to attend webinars? I would argue these webinars are very much in their interests as regards their governance, the public's trust in them and their credibility. Would the regulator encourage Government or the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ciarán Cannon: What does that mean?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ms Madeleine Delaney: Less than €10,000 is 12%.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ms Madeleine Delaney: There are some provisions included in the amendment Act and there are thresholds which significantly reduce the obligation on lower income charities, and it is to address that issue. The idea is that it will be a staged categorisation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ms Madeleine Delaney: We first became aware of it in July 2023, when we received a letter from the former CEO. It was addressed-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ms Madeleine Delaney: Yes, that is correct. The letter referred to some cash flow difficulties but not beyond normal ranges and there was nothing to worry about, etc. We had information in our possession because we had been looking at a separate concern regarding the organisation, which is why we had obtained a lot of information. We asked for some specific information relating to a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ms Madeleine Delaney: Yes, it is something we have been reflecting on, even before the extent of it has come to light. It goes back to what we have said about needing to be more proactive. We need to try to use some of our resources to be more proactive in our monitoring. The nature of the financial statements that companies and charities have to file now is such that they can tell us...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ciarán Cannon: From Ms Delaney's perspective as CEO, what are the largest challenges facing her organisation right now in late 2024 in doing the work it does? How does she suggest they should be addressed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ms Madeleine Delaney: Possibly 10% are inactive. We have been running a targeted initiative on annual reporting compliance, because it is a basic requirement and organisations should be doing it. We have found a cohort that is effectively inactive. At least this gives us a way to identify them, although it is by literally writing letters, following up and then removing them from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ms Madeleine Delaney: There is a sense in some charities that we are recognising that the board is weak vis-à-vis the executive but that is completely in the wrong order.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ms Madeleine Delaney: This is why it is very important that charity trustees understand that they are the persons legally responsible for the control and management. They do that by putting in place the governance framework, which sets out the boundaries. This is where the work comes in at the outset and then keeping it up to date. We produce a lot of material on this. That sets the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: The Deputy's time is up.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: What kind of organisations are they?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Ms Delaney might just give us a list.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: That is fine. Deputy Farrell is next.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)
Ms Madeleine Delaney: If they are operating in Ireland they must apply, yes.