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REGISTERED IRISH CHARITIES have an annual income of €14.5 billion, figures released today show.
These organisations directly employ 189,000 people and are supported by 300,000 volunteers, according to research on the social and economic impact of charities in Ireland.
A report by Indecon International Economic Consultants, commissioned by the Charities Regulator, shows that registered Irish charities have a direct, indirect and induced expenditure of €24.98 billion and support 289,000 employees.
Induced expenditure relates to the income of households whose members are employed in, or whose jobs are supported by, the expenditure of charitable organisations in Ireland.
Indecon’s analysis uses data from the Register of Charities at the end of 2017, including information from annual reports provided to the Charities Regulator. Financial information regarding 5,746 charities was analysed as well as data from the Central Statistics Office.
Charities Regulator Chief Executive John Farrelly said the report “highlights the wide diversity of organisations which are registered as charities in Ireland”.
“At one end of the scale there are large hospitals and universities with budgets funded by the Exchequer, extending to hundreds of millions of euro, and hundreds of paid staff. Many of these are large charities engaged in delivering critical health, education and social services.
At the other end of the scale, there are completely volunteer-led organisations, providing services at community level, with small budgets.
The report is due to be launched later today by the Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, Seán Kyne.
It shows that government and public bodies are the largest source of income for registered charities, accounting for more than half the total funding (€7.7 billion).
The report also shows that some 300,000 volunteers donate 67.9 million hours (an average of 226 hours annually per volunteer). Based on the minimum wage, this is worth €649 million per year.
Some of the report’s main findings are as follows:
Income
Employment
Donations
This report is the first piece of research commissioned by the Charities Regulator as part of its function to publish information concerning charities.
Farrelly said the report’s findings will assist the Regulator in its work to monitor and regulate charities as well as helping donors, beneficiaries and the public to “broaden and deepen their understanding of the role of charities in modern Ireland”.
The report’s findings highlight the need for the following:
The full report can be read on the Charities Regulator website.
Any luck on finding the guy in Tusla who tried to stitch up Maurice McCabe?
@sully: in 100 years time.
@sully: I doubt the guy is over 94yrs old, so it’s unlikely they’ll find him in the 1926 census.
@Paul Buckley: any proof
@Christybhoy67: Google it
Journal will not allow me to post a link to one if it’s own articles……the accusation was made in 1997 file went to DPP. No charges brought….
McCabe was put on desk duty and ostracized by fellow Gardai thence becoming a whistleblower…
Victim maintains she was abused is an adult now
@Paul Buckley: journal is deleting comments
Why is it 100 years?
@King B: in census
@King B: because some people recorded in that 1926 census are still alive today. 100 years is generally regarded as sufficient time to have passed before personally identifiable information is released into the public domain.
@Brian Ó Dálaigh: A news story last week, about someone celebrating their 106th birthday, mentioned that there are now close to 500 centenarians in the country.
@Tommy Roche: work for 40 years, get pension for 60…good deal
@Tommy Roche: perhaps we need to extend it to 120 years, just to be sure?
Whats the risk?
It should be released, give us all something to browse during lockdown
@Steve: I was just thinking that. All this find your ancestors stuff is so bloody expensive and when you get into the public censuseseseses they’re so bloomin complicated you can’t find anyone lol
@Steve: I was thinking that considering we’re only really left with the 1901 and 1911 censuses and there was no census in 1921 – in England they released the 1939 register and blacked out the names of anyone (usually very young children) who might still be alive
The 1911 census was released by the CSO long before 2011. The 100 year rule didn’t apply then.
@Gerard McDermott: Pesky GDPR
@Daniel Dunne: If they are worried about GDPR, then the census details shouldn’t actually be released until ALL people listed on the census have actually passed away, not just a period of 100 years.
@Daniel Dunne: GDPR wasn’t effective in 2011.
Data protection. Those on it are mostly dead and their personal data can’t be abused.
@Serge the llama: Mostly dead? I’ve had a bad hangover once or twice – but can’t imagine a 94 year old hitting the bottle like that.
@Serge the llama: Turns out your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. See, mostly dead is still slightly alive.
This makes it look like there is something to hide and ‘data protection’ is the rock they are hiding under. This doesn’t pass the smell test at all. Information in the census should be open to the public as it is a public record. Stop hiding and move towards a more open and free society.
@Scot Tanner Buchholz: What … the 94-year-olds are still pulling the strings of power: is that your contention? Changes to the sense of smell are a COVID symptom, so maybe a test is in order. You can post the result back here, in the interest of openness.
Actually, it’s more complex and not to do with GDPR.
Some background data here: https://t.co/542NpB30qv
And the petition to release it early: https://t.co/lUJ4XfBvtA
After 94 years, 6 years early…. priorities lads
Just release the damn thing already. Jimmy Deenihan promised, back in 2012, that it would be released early to help with genealogy. Now is the ideal time when so many are locked down and looking for something to do. If needs be, redact the names of the <500 who are still alive and release those few in 2026.
Most of these regs only make sense to the bewigged heads in chambers.
94 y/olds would have been in nappies in 1926, & unlikely to have any relevance to matters of state, or even public interest. Nor to subversive elements.
Bet the wigs charge handsomely to trace information in it when it comes to property transfers & inheritance.
Ridiculous waste of resources ….. Why does it matter ? The majority of people born in 1926 or before that , that would have been on census have died . Information on marriages up to and including 1944 and deaths and including 1969 are found for free on a government website !
@Mary Mc Carthy: where can you get this information Mary if you don’t mind me asking.
@Franny Ando: Irish genealogy.ie
Release it earlier: https://www.change.org/p/leo-varadkar-release-the-1926-irish-census
This is ridiculous. This makes it look like there is something to hide and ‘data protection’ is the rock they are hiding under. This doesn’t pass the smell test at all. Information in the census should be open to the public as it is a public record. Stop hiding and move towards a more open and free society.
Hmmm… I hope the Gardaí give this as much attention as they gave the stolen bike I reported…
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