The Charities Regulatory Authority was formally established in October 2014. Chief Executive Designate Úna Ní Dhubhghaill discusses how regulation will help improve transparency in the charity sector. Q Why has the Charities Regulatory Authority been established? We haven’t ever had a comprehensive system of regulation that was designed for charities, so until now charities have been regulated in lots of different ways. A lot of charities are companies who have obligations under the Companies Acts and some charities have regulatory type obligations from funders. However, there has never been a system designed for charities as charities. That changed with the Charities Act that came in in 2009, but obviously the … Continue reading Regulating for Trust and Transparency