Funding cut for non-profit watchdog Benefacts slammed

Catherine Murphy TD, called for the Public Accounts Committee to examine the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) decision to cut funding for Benefacts, which the State spent €6.5m helping set up and run. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

The Government’s “extraordinary” decision to slash funding for the country’s biggest database on non-profits needs probing, the Social Democrats have said.

Joint-leader of the party, Catherine Murphy TD, called for the Public Accounts Committee to examine the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) decision to cut funding for Benefacts, which the State spent €6.5m helping set up and run.