Updated 6.15pm with reactions A €40 fee introduced in September for the registration of charity shops and fund-raising activities by voluntary organisations has been waived. The Office of the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations said the fee was removed following internal discussions and those who have already paid the contribution will be reimbursed. However, those who use charity cans will still need to collect the containers from the commissioner's office and pay €1 for each can. This contribution will be reimbursed once the cans are returned to the commissioner's office. The non-refunable administrative fee for the issuing of tags to administrators will remain in place. Repubblika: insolent announcement Reacting, civil society NGO Repubblika said the commissioner's announcement was "insolent" and one that will not quell voluntary organisations' anger over legislation enacted last September without any public consultation. "Up until September 2020, all organisations that wanted to collect donations needed to register with the commissioner and comply with rules that ensured transparency. This was reasonable and verification processes could have been strenghtened following...