13/12/07 - Report on disclosure of donations and election expenses at Dáil general election of 2007

Standards in Public Office Commission

The Electoral Act 1997 as amended

Dáil General Election
24 May 2007

Donation Statements and Statutory Declarations received from unsuccessful candidates

and

Election Expenses Statements and Statutory Declarations received from election agents of candidates, national agents of political parties and "other persons"

Report by the Standards in Public Office Commission to the Chairman of Dáil Éireann (Ceann Comhairle) in accordance with section 4(1) of the Electoral Acts.

December 2007

Please note that the appendices to this report are available in PDF format only.  If you are unable to access the information in PDF format, please contact the Standards Commission and it will try to provide the information in an alternative format.

Standards in Public Office Commission
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  Report on Dáil General Election (pdf, 182 kb)

Foreword

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Disclosure of Donations by unsuccessful candidates

2.1 - Legal Requirements

2.2 - Donation Statements and Certificates of Monetary Donations received from unsuccessful candidates

2.3 - Consideration of Donation Statements

2.4 - Consideration of Certificates of Monetary Donations and Bank Statements

Chapter 3 - Election Spending by candidates and political parties

3.1 - Definition of election expenses

3.2 - Matters which are not regarded as election expenses

3.3 - Election Expenses the costs of which were originally met out of public funds

3.4 - Appointment of candidates' election agents

3.5 - Appointment of political parties' national agents

3.6 - Spending Limits

3.7 - The election period

3.8 - Issuing of Election Expenses Statement forms

3.9 - Receipt of Election Agents' Election Expenses Statement forms

3.10 - Consideration of Election Agents' Election Expenses Statements

3.11 - Receipt of National Agents' Election Expenses Statement forms

3.12 - Overspending

3.13 - Late Claims and Disputed Expenses

3.14 - Contravention of section 31(8A) of the Act

CHAPTER 4 - Reimbursement of candidate's election expenses

Chapter 5 - "Other Person" / "third party" activity at the election

5.1 - Legal Requirements

5.2 - Correspondence with "other persons"/"third parties"

CHAPTER 6 - Correspondence with newspapers, magazines etc.

CHAPTER 7 - Publishing of Donation Statements and Election Expenses Statements furnished to the Standards Commission

CHAPTER 8 - Summary of the Standards Commission's suggested amendments to the legislation

  Appendix 1 - Disclosure of donations by unsuccessful candidates (alphabetically) (pdf, 279 kb)

  Appendix 2 - Summary of expenditure on individual candidates (alphabetically) (pdf, 270 kb)

  Appendix 3 - Summary of expenditure by political parties (pdf, 28 kb)

  Appendix 4 - Summary of total expenditure by candidates and political parties (pdf, 31 kb)

  Appendix 5 - Details of candidates who qualified for a reimbursement of election expenses (pdf, 99 kb)

  Appendix 6 - Expenditure by "other persons" (pdf, 8 kb)