Government urged to implement Charities Act

Almost four years after it was first published, the Government has been urged to finally implement the 2009 Charities Act to give public confidence to a sector which now handles €5.7bn every year.

Today, The Wheel, the country’s largest network of charities with over 900 member organisations, will hold it annual conference in Croke Park where it will discuss issues facing the sector and the need for the regulator which the implementation of the Charities Act would bring.

Ivan Cooper, The Wheel’s director of advocacy, said there are 8,000 charities in Ireland, employing 100,000 people with €5.7bn per year in turnover.