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Standards in Public Office Commission reports on donations disclosed by political parties for 2022
From Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO)
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From Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO)
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Figures released today by the Standards in Public Office Commission show that political parties disclosed donations received in 2022 valued at €200,161.
There were 23 political parties registered during 2022, the same as 2021. By 31 March each year, each registered party must furnish a donation statement to the Commission disclosing donations received for the previous year exceeding €1,500 in value. The maximum amount that may be accepted from the same donor in the same year is €2,500.
While parties may also receive donations of lesser amounts, only those above the statutory declaration threshold fall to be disclosed to the Commission. The amounts set out in this report, therefore, only reflect donations received that were above the declaration threshold, and are not an account of all donations received by a party during the reporting year.
Political party accounting units are also required to submit to the Commission a certificate of monetary donations and a bank statement from their political donations accounts. Political party accounting units are not required to provide a donation statement as is the case with their parent parties. The aggregate closing balance held by accounting units in relation to 2022 was €1,407,667.91
An accounting unit is a branch or other subsidiary organisation of a political party which receives a donation in excess of €100 in any year. As with political parties, an accounting unit, on receipt of a monetary donation in excess of €100, must open and maintain a political donations account in a financial institution in the State.
In accordance with the legislation, certificates of monetary donations and bank statements furnished to the Commission by political parties and accounting units are not laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas nor put on public display.
The Commission's report, entitled Donations to Political Parties 2022, gives details of the donations disclosed by political parties as well as information on accounting units.
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Standards in Public Office Commission, 6 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
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The Standards in Public Office Commission is an independent, non-partisan body charged with oversight of the Ethics in Public Office Acts (1995 and 2001), the Electoral Act 1997 (as amended), the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act 2014, and the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015.
The Commission was established by the Standards in Public Office Act 2001.