Annual Report 2007

Annual Report
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Standards in Public Office Commission
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2007

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 - Ethics Acts

Complaints to the Standards Commission

Complaints against office holders

Complaints against local authority members

Complaints against designated directors

Codes of Conduct

Tax Clearance

Scope of the Ethics Acts

Chapter 2 - Electoral Acts

Electoral Acts

Dáil general election 2007

Seanad general election 2007

Donations

Accounting Units of political parties

Third Parties

Submission to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on a proposal to introduce expenditure limits at local elections

Presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government

Chapter 3 - Exchequer funding of political parties

Exchequer funding of political parties

Funding under the Electoral Acts

Funding under the Party Leaders Allowance legislation

Chapter 4 - Recommendations for change

Recommendations for change

Proposed amendments to the Ethics Acts

Extension of the scope of the Ethics Acts

Summary of other proposed amendments to the Ethics Acts

Summary of proposed amendments to the Electoral Legislation

Chapter 5 - Costs for 2007

Costs for 2007

Appendix 1

Standards in Public Office Commission Publications in 2007