Guidelines for Political Parties on Exchequer funding under the Electoral Acts (March 2009 edition).

Guidelines for Political Parties on Exchequer funding under Electoral Act, 1997, as amended.

Published by the Standards In Public Office Commission

March 2009

Standards in Public Office Commission,
18 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2.

Telephone (01) 6395666
Fax (01) 6395684

email: sipo@ombudsman.gov.ie
Website: http://www.sipo.ie

 

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Definition of qualified political party

3. Appropriate Officer

4. Application of funding

5. Funding available to qualified parties

6. Payment of Exchequer funds

7. Statements of Expenditure of Exchequer funding

8. Sanction for failure to furnish a Statement of Expenditure of Exchequer funding

9. Inspection of documents furnished to the Standards Commission

10. Deductions

Appendix 1 - Extract from guidelines published by the Standards Commission in November 2006 on the use of Exchequer Funding for Electoral Purposes

Appendix 2 - First preference votes obtained by candidates of qualified political parties

  Appendix 3 - Exchequer Expenditure Statement form and pro-forma Auditor's Report (pdf, 26 kb)