09/06/09 - Donation Statements furnished by Political Parties for 2008

Part 7 - Publication of Statutory Documentation

In accordance with section 24(7)(a) of the Act, the Standards Commission has today laid the Donation Statements/Statutory Declarations furnished by political parties before each House of the Oireachtas. In accordance with section 24(7)(b) of the Act, the Standards Commission has informed the Minister for Finance that a Donation Statement has been received from each of the parties qualified to receive Exchequer funding under the Electoral Acts (Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, The Labour Party, Sinn Féin, The Green Party and The Progressive Democrats).

In accordance with section 73 of the Act, the Standards Commission has made the Donation Statements/Statutory Declarations available for public inspection and copying at its offices on 18 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2. The information is also available in summary form on www.sipo.gov.ie

In accordance with section 23(B)(8) of the Act, details of Certificates of Monetary Donations and bank statements furnished to the Standards Commission by political parties and their accounting units will not be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas or put on public display.

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