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Lack of regulation costing charities tens of thousands of euro in lost donations - The Irish Times - Wed, Sep 12. Charities Act Factsheet. Charities Act 2009. Charities Act 2009. After a long time and many redrafts Charities Act 2009 was enacted on 28 February 2009 and represents a very significant milestone for community and voluntary activity in Ireland.

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Charities Act 2009. NGO Codes of Conduct. SORP briefing sheet. Charities_regulation_briefing. Charities’ real regulator is the public. Calls for accountability and regulation in the charity sector. A GROUP OF Labour senators is planning to table a Private Members Motion this week calling for the full implementation of the 2009 Charities Act.

Calls for accountability and regulation in the charity sector

Labour senator John Whelan has indicated that the 7,800 registered charities in Ireland receive around €6 billion in donations, grants and State funding annually, but that hundreds of millions are unaccounted for. He’s calling for increased transparency, regulation and compliance with best international practice. The Charities Act was deferred earlier this year for expenditure reasons. The legislation would require charities to make their financial information public. John Whelan said that it is ‘no longer acceptable’ that the Justice Department and the Government continue to procrastinate, and argues that its enforcement would actually save the State money. The Private Members Motion will be tabled by Labour senators on Wednesday. Non-profit transparency database to close due to lack of funding> Already a fan?

Full implementation of Charities Act will not happen soonBoardmatch. Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter recently stated that full implementation of the Charities Act 2009 is not currently feasible due to lack of available resources.

Full implementation of Charities Act will not happen soonBoardmatch

The Minister for Justice was speaking at the annual ICTR conference entitled ‘Whiter or Wither Charities? – that is the question’. Mr Shatter said that the Charities Act was introduced in a time of extraordinary economic growth and was in hindsight, an ‘idealised’ regulatory framework. Lack of regulation costing charities tens of thousands of euro in lost donations - The Irish Times - Wed, Sep 12. Regulating Charities. 19/03/2011 at 10:19 pm In its recent editorial, “Regulating charities” (15 March), the Irish Times rightly called for urgent implementation of the Charities Act, passed in 2009 but as yet inactive.

Regulating Charities

The editorial points out that the core provisions of the Act and the stricter regulatory framework that the Act promises – and that many not-for-profits in this country have called for – remain unimplemented. But Ireland’s NGOs propose to go further than the minimum legal requirements proposed in the Charities Act. The members of Dóchas, for instance, take pride in being subject to strict Codes of Conduct that have been recognised internationally as being first class tools to ensure quality in the “charity” sector. Ultimately, however, the best regulation will come from the general public – such as the Irish Times’ own readers.

As part of their relentless drive to improve their work, Ireland’s Development NGOs are actively inviting members of the public to comment on their performances. Charities must ensure society does not lose faith in them. Hard times for charities: A perfect storm or an opportunity?

Charities must ensure society does not lose faith in them

Charities may not be run for profit, but they still need to have high standards of corporate governance, writes Hans Zomer THE decision by Labour senators to apply pressure on the Government to regulate the 7,800 charities in Ireland that receive about €6bn a year in taxpayers’ money, and the protracted, internal disagreements at Goal have placed the charity sector under closer scrutiny. This comes when charities are under huge stress.

Government funding has been cut, but demand for services is soaring. Charities find themselves more reliant than ever on the gener-osity of the public at a time when the public has less money to give. Less money, greater demand, closer scrutiny: It sounds like a perfect storm. Transparency, accountability, and regulation are vital to any healthy institution. Charities need our trust – so they require tighter regulation. Today Labour senators will table a private motion calling for increased transparency and oversight in the charity sector.

Charities need our trust – so they require tighter regulation

Here, Michael Moriarty argues that the sector contains many ethical grey areas – and tighter regulation is a must. IRISH CHARITIES HAVE been making the headlines this summer. John O’Shea and GOAL went to the High Court in July, before O’Shea settled his case against the very charity he founded. Barnardos, the children’s charity, closed most of their services for a week in August as part of a cost saving measure. Age Action, meanwhile, has imposed pay cuts and unpaid leave. Charities now have to do more with less. There is still scant formal regulation of charities. Our neighbours in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own dedicated authorities which are resourced and charged to supervise the charities within their respective jurisdictions. Grey areas. Charities, NGOs, Active Citizenship and the Government.

How to recognise Effective NGOs. Accountability.