Taoiseach said the 1989 Act needed to be “modernised” to deal with online speech.
Roderic O’Gorman claims that NGOs are independent of Government. Ben Scallan presses him this, given that some NGOs receive over 90% of their funding from Government, and Paschal Donohoe has admitted they’re only funded if they’re “consistent with the Programme for Government”:
Ben Scallan asks Jack Chambers if there are any plans to rectify this:
Involved in advocacy over the years.
Rethink Ireland.
Car crash.
Conflicts of Interest
“That’s what you do as a Minister.”
At a certain point, people stop arguing about reform and start demanding destruction. And when that moment comes, these organisations won’t just be facing budget cuts. They’ll be fighting for their very legitimacy.
Public money.
Asylum claims
Minister Paschal Donohoe says Fine Gael “won’t be recommending” the closure of QUANGOs and State agencies in the upcoming election, saying they are “highly accountable” and that “the majority of the time they do use the country’s money in the way the country wants.”