Annual Report 2002

Prohibited Donations

Receipt of donations with an aggregate value in excess of €2,539.48 from the same donor is statutorily prohibited with effect from 1 January 2002. Eight unsuccessful candidates disclosed that they had received monetary donations which were in excess of this limit. The necessary refunds were made to the donors in all cases. In the case of one candidate, a donation was returned which was not in excess of the limit. In all, donations with a value of €16,951.30 were returned to donors by unsuccessful candidates. This represents 6.18% of the total value of €274,466.29 of donations received.

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