Annual Report 2002

Table C: Donation Statements received in 2002 from political parties

Party	Value of donations disclosed (€)	Number of donors	Value of largest donation (€)
Sinn Féin	25,395 + US$295,740 + Australian $48,950	3	US $295,740
Fianna Fáil	194,615	27	26,855
Labour Party	*164,929	*3	78,587
Progressive Democrats	137,132	6	63,487
Socialist Party	37,077	1	35,807
Green Party	**22,810	**4	9,675
Fine Gael	none	n/a	n/a
Christian Solidarity Party	none	n/a	n/a
Communist Party of Ireland	none	n/a	n/a
Christian Democrats (The National Party)	none	n/a	n/a
Socialist Workers Party	none	n/a	n/a
South Kerry Independent Alliance	none	n/a	n/a
Workers Party	none	n/a	n/a
Totals	581,958 + US$295,740 + Australian $48,950 (equivalent to €947,768)	44	n/a

*The Labour Party pointed out in its Donation Statement that one donation, the value of which was
€63,487, was returned to the donor, Mr Denis O'Brien. This amount is included in the €164,929 shown above.
**Three of the donations disclosed by the Green Party did not exceed €5,078.95 and, accordingly, were not required to be disclosed.

A number of elected representatives made donations to their political parties. The largest such donation was made by Deputy Joe Higgins who contributed €37,077 to the Socialist Party followed by Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, who made donations of €25,395 to Sinn Féin and Deputy Prionsias De Rossa who made donations of €22,855 to the Labour Party. Donations were also disclosed by the Green Party from Ms. Patricia McKenna, MEP, who contributed €9,675 to the party. The Green Party also disclosed contributions of €4,723 and €4,381 from Deputies Trevor Sargent and John Gormley, respectively, and a donation of €4,031 from Ms. Nuala Ahern, MEP. These donations, being under the €5,078.95 threshold, did not require to be disclosed.

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