29/04/09 - Donations Disclosed by TDs, Senators and MEPs for 2008

Part 4 - Donation Statements received from Individual Donors

Section 24(1A) of the Act provides that an individual must furnish a Donation Statement/Statutory Declaration to the Standards Commission, if he/she, in a particular year, makes donations exceeding €5,078.95 in aggregate value to two or more persons who were members of the same political party when the donations were made, or to a political party, and to one or more of its members. The Donation Statement/Statutory Declaration, must give details of the donations and the persons to whom they were made and must be furnished by 31 January of the following year.

If a donor does not intend to comply with this requirement and a TD, Senator, MEP or candidate at an election is aware of this, he/she is prohibited from accepting a donation from that individual. If such a donation is received, the Standards Commission must be notified within 14 days and the donation or its value remitted to the Standards Commission.

A Donation Statement was received from Mr Patrick O'Meara, Kilbraugh, Coalbrook, Thurles, Co. Tipperary on 2 May 2008. Mr O'Meara's Donation Statement disclosed 18 separate donations totalling €17,635 which were made to Fianna Fáil and its members during 2007. Details of the donations disclosed by Mr O'Meara are contained in a separate report which the Standards Commission furnished to the Ceann Comhairle on 26 March 2009.

No other Donation Statements from individual donors were received during 2008.

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