Report to the Committee on Members' Interests of Seanad Éireann

Notification Procedures

The Guidelines for the Seanad General Election 2002, published by the Standards Commission, which issued independently to candidates, also contained, at paragraph 8 of the Introduction on page 2, a brief outline of the tax clearance requirements. A copy is at Appendix 4.

Having regard to the fact that the tax clearance obligations of the 2001 Act would apply to all Senators elected after 10 December 2001, candidates for the Seanad general election of July 2002 were notified individually, in writing, on 4 July 2002, by the Standards Commission, of the evidence of tax clearance compliance which would be required following election to Seanad Éireann. A copy of the letter of notification is at Appendix 5.

On 25 July 2002, a letter outlining the tax clearance requirements issued from the Standards Commission to each elected Senator. A copy is at Appendix 6.

Subsequently, on 6 March 2003, a letter issued from the Standards Commission to those Senators whose complete tax clearance documentation had not been received, to advise them of the impending expiry of the nine month time limit for the furnishing of the documentation. A copy is at Appendix 7.

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