In an interview on Morning Ireland, Ms Úna Ní Dhubhghaill made her first media appearance following her appointment as the first Chief Executive of the new Charities Regulatory Authority which is to be established under the Charities Act of 2009.
MS Ireland welcomes the appointment and we will work with the Authority as needed in the near future. Ms Ní Dhubhghaill said that the register of charities will be live later in 2014. We will update you when we know more.
Listen to the Morning Ireland interview here.
Full board details:
Conor Woods – Chairperson
Accountant / Senior Statutory Auditor. Chairperson of Chartered Accountants Ireland Charity Committee. Lecturer on Corporate Governance Charities Act 2009 implementation, Governance Code and Irish Tax Review Guidelines with Arthur Guinness Fund.
Graham Richards
Charity Commissioner. Managing Partner of Matheson Ormsby Prentice Solicitors with particular expertise in the area of trusts and estates.
Ann Fitzgerald
Barrister. Member of Board of Directors Cork Simon Community.
Patricia Cronin
Solicitor. Board Member and ViceChair of Transparency. International Ireland.
David Brady
Accountant/Senior Consultant/Advisor to the Charity sector. Former Chair of the Charities and Not-for-Profit Special Interest Group of Chartered Accountants Ireland.
Patrick Hopkins
Accountant/Company Secretary Enterprise Ireland. Board Member St Vincent de Paul.
Anna Classon
Head of Fundraising RNLI. Institute of Fundraising Member.
Fergus Finlay
Chief Executive, Barnardos.
Cynthia Clampett
CEO Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation.
Tom Costello
Programme Executive with The Atlantic Philanthropies.
Senan Turnbull
Chair, Think Ahead Advisory Committee, Irish Hospice Foundation. Member of the Working Group of The Governance Code.
Barbara O’Connell
Former Occupational Therapy Manager. Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Acquired Brain Injury Ireland. Board Member of Disability Federation of Ireland and European Brain Injury Society.
Hugh Maddock
Area Organiser / Fundraiser for Rehabilitation Institute / Rehab Group who has personal experience of disability.
Sandra Chambers
Tax Specialist with particular expertise in the area of establishment and funding of charities.
Katie Cadden
Solicitor with Masters Degree in Public Law. Formerly legal adviser to PRTB.
Noel Wardick
International Programs-Consultant CBM Ireland. Former Head of International Department, Irish Red Cross. Director on the governing boards of Transparency International Ireland and Comhlámh
Further reading
- Official press release form the Department of Justice (30/04)
- Listen to Úna Ní Dhubhghaill's interview on Morning Ireland (01/05)
- Article in the Evening Herald (25/03)