Charities Regulator

Charities Regulator
An Rialálaí Carthanas
Charity regulator overview
Formed16 October 2014[1]
JurisdictionRepublic of Ireland
Headquarters3 George's Dock, Dublin 1
53°20′59″N 6°14′52″W / 53.3497°N 6.2479°W / 53.3497; -6.2479
Employees38 (as of 2019)[1]
Annual budget€3.7m (as of 2019)[1]
Websitecharitiesregulator.ie

The Charities Regulator (Irish: An Rialálaí Carthanas)[2] is the operational name of the Charities Regulatory Authority, the statutory authority responsible for the regulation of charities in Ireland.[3] The organisation is made up of a board, with four sub-committees, and as of 2019, a staff of 38, including a chief executive.

The Charities Act of 2009 provided for the establishment of the regulator and the dissolution of a predecessor body, among other matters,[4] but the authority was not actually established until October 2014.[5][6] The 2009 act was a major reform of the legal framework for the registration and regulation of charities in Ireland, superseding a range of earlier acts back to the 17th century, and various common and case law provisions.[7] The act made major changes to the registration of charities; it also empowered the regulator to investigate the affairs of any charitable organisation,[6] although some of these powers were only commenced later. Several high-profile investigations have followed.

  1. ^ a b c "Financial Statements - Charities Regulatory Authority for the year ended 31 December 2019" (PDF). charitiesregulator.ie. May 2020. The Charities Regulatory Authority ("Authority") was established on the 16 October 2014 under the Charities Act 2009
  2. ^ "An Rialálaí Carthanas". charitiesregulator.ie (in Irish). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ^ "The Charities Regulator". gov.ie. Government of Ireland. Retrieved 10 May 2021. The Charities Regulator is Ireland's national statutory regulator for charitable organisations
  4. ^ Charities Act 2009 (Act of the Oireachtas 6, section 13). Oireachtas Éireann (Parliament of Ireland). 2009.
  5. ^ Charities Act 2009 (Establishment Day) Order 2014 (Statutory Instrument 456). Minister for Justice and Equality. 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Charities Regulator - General Information". charitiesregulator.ie. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. ^ Delany, V. T. H. (1955). "The Development of the Law of Charities in Ireland". The International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 4 (1): 30–45. doi:10.1093/iclqaj/4.1.30. JSTOR 755749. Retrieved 11 May 2021.