The Irish Charities Tax
Reform group (ICTR), which is the representative body for Irish
charities, “strongly welcomed” the announcement.
ICTR
executive director Sheila Nordon said the establishment of the office
“will provide concrete reassurances to the general public that the
highest standards of good governance apply”.
Deirdre Garvey, the chief executive of The
Wheel, a network representing 930 Irish charities, described the move as
“a breakthrough”.
“This development will enable
the charity sector to move forward in our attempts to restore public
trust and confidence in our work.”
Fundraising
Ireland chief executive Anne Hanniffy said that the first job of the
regulator should be to introduce mandatory financial and operational
standards so that donors can “immediately determine” where their money
is going.
“The shocking revelations about the
activities of the Central Remedial Clinic board have betrayed not just
the hard-working staff, the families and the clients of the CRC, but the
entire charity sector in Ireland,” she said.