Combined Section 15/16 Manual of the Standards Commission

3.4 Glossary of terms relevant to Part 3 of the Manual

Appropriate Officer

A political party is required to appoint an appropriate officer for the purpose of furnishing the party's Donation Statement to the Standards Commission, and other matters. Each party must notify the Standards Commission of the name and address of the person appointed and must give similar notice if there is any change in the appointment. Each "qualified party" must provide details of its appropriate officer to the Standards Commission and to the Minister for Finance. If, at any time, no appointment of an appropriate officer is made, the leader of the party will be deemed to have been appointed as the appropriate officer.

Political Purposes

Political purposes means any of the following purposes, namely:

(i)(I) to promote or oppose, directly or indirectly, the interests of a political party, a political group, a member of either House of the Oireachtas or a representative in the European Parliament, or

(II) to present, directly or indirectly, the policies or a particular policy of a political party, a political group, a member of either House of the Oireachtas, a representative in the European Parliament or a third party, or

(III) to present, directly or indirectly, the comments of a political party, a political group, a member of either House of the Oireachtas, a representative in the European Parliament or a third party with regard to the policy or policies of another political party, political group, member of either House of the Oireachtas, representative in the European Parliament, third party or candidate at an election or referendum or otherwise, or

(IV) to promote or oppose, directly or indirectly, the interests of a third party in connection with the conduct or management of any campaign conducted with a view to promoting or procuring a particular outcome in relation to a policy or policies or functions of the Government or any public authority;

(ii) to promote or oppose, directly or indirectly, the election of a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad or European election or to solicit votes for or against a candidate or to present the policies or a particular policy of a candidate or the views of a candidate on any matter connected with the election or the comments of a candidate with regard to the policy or policies of a political party or a political group or of another candidate at the election or otherwise;

(iii) otherwise to influence the outcome of the election or a referendum or campaign referred to in paragraph (i)(IV) of this definition.
 

Responsible Person

A responsible person, in relation to an accounting unit, means the treasurer or any other person responsible for dealing with donations to the unit and in relation to a "third party" means the person responsible for its organisation, management or financial affairs.

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