Guidelines for Political Parties on Exchequer funding under the Electoral Acts.

6. Payment of Exchequer funds

Section 19 (1) of the 1997 Act provides that payments are made in arrears on a quarterly basis by the Department of Finance to qualified parties who apply for such payments. Payments apply from polling day at a Dáil general election until the day before polling day at the next following such election. If the Dáil is dissolved in the middle of a quarter, payments are made on a pro rata basis from the beginning of the quarter to the date of dissolution.

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