Annual Report 2006

Annual Report
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Standards in Public Office Commission
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2006

Standards in Public Office Commission,
18 Lower Leeson Street,
Dublin 2.
Tel: (01) 6395666
Fax: (01) 6395684
email: sipo@sipo.gov.ie
website: www.sipo.gov.ie/en

Contents

Foreword

Introduction by the Chairman

Chapter 1

Scope of the Ethics Acts

Complaints to the Standards Commission

Complaints against office holders

Complaints against local authority members

Codes of Conduct

Tax Clearance

Chapter 2

Electoral Acts

Donations

Accounting Units

Third Parties

Preparation for the Dáil and Seanad general election in 2007

Chapter 3

Exchequer funding of political parties

Funding under the Electoral Acts

Funding under the Party Leaders Allowance legislation

Use of Exchequer funding for political purposes

Chapter 4

Recommendations for change

Proposed amendments to the Ethics Acts

Summary of other proposed amendments to the Ethics Acts

Summary of proposed amendments to the Electoral legislation

Chapter 5

Requests for information during 2006

Section 15/16 manual

Prohibition on disclosure of information

Chapter 6

Costs in 2006

Appendices

Appendix 1

List of Accounting Units that did not provide documentation on time

Political Party - Fianna Fáil

Political Party - Fine Gael

Political Party - The Labour Party

Political Party - Sinn Féin

Political Party - Progressive Democrats

Political Party - The Green Party

Appendix 2

Publications by the Standards Commission in 2006