Irish charity law to be published
30th April 2007, 4:48 pm
The Irish Government has approved the publication of a Charities Bill which covers much the same ground as recent charities legislation in Britain, although starting from an almost complete lack of charity regulation in the State. There will be a new independent Charities Regulatory Authority (with a Charity Appeals Tribunal), a Register of Charities and updating of the law relating to fundraising. However, a new legal structure for charitable organisations, the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), which had been recommended, has been left out so as not “to delay the regulation of the sector pending consideration of separate, longer-term question”.
An outline of the ‘Principal Features of the Charities Bill 2007′ is available in Word format, 350kb, from http://www.pobail.ie/en/CharitiesRegulation/CharitiesBill2007/; press release (Word format, 28kb) at http://www.pobail.ie/en/CharitiesRegulation/PressReleases/file,8214,en.doc.
Note: full Bill not yet available.