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

2. Definition of qualified political party

Section 16 of the Act defines a qualified political party as -

• a political party which is registered in the Register of Political Parties in accordance with section 25 of the Electoral Act 1992 as a party organised in the State to contest a Dáil election, and
• whose candidates receive not less than 2% of the total first preference votes obtained by all candidates at the most recent Dáil general election (24 May 2007).

As soon as possible after a Dáil general election, the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government furnishes to the Standards Commission details of the total percentage of first preference votes obtained by candidates of each political party at the election.

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