Report re spending at Dáil General Election of 2002 (Text)

Dáil General Election 17 May 2002

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

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 Act, 1997

Published by the STANDARDS IN PUBLIC OFFICE COMMISSION

11 June 2003

Standards in Public Office Commission,
18 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2.
Telephone (01) 6395666 Fax (01) 6395684
email: sipo@ombudsman.gov.ie
Website: http://www.sipo.ie

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Relevant sections of the legislation

Chapter 3 Definition of what constitutes election expenses

Chapter 4 Matters which are not regarded as election expenses

Chapter 5 Definition of the election period

Chapter 6 The Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2001

Chapter 7 The Kelly case

Chapter 8 Preparatory work for the general election

Chapter 9 Appointment of candidates' election agents

Chapter 10 Appointment of national agents by political parties

Chapter 11 Notifications received under section 31(7) of the Electoral Acts

Chapter 12 Persons deemed to be connected to a candidate or a political party

Chapter 13 Correspondence with newspapers regarding section 31(10) of the Electoral Acts

Chapter 14 Receipt of Election Expenses Statements

Chapter 15 Overspending

Chapter 16 Late claims and disputed claims

Chapter 17 Reimbursement of election expenses to candidates

Chapter 18 Laying of statutory documents before the Houses of the Oireachtas

Acknowledgement

Appendices

Appendix 1: Expenditure on individual candidates at the Dáil general election

Appendix 2: Expenditure by the national agents of political parties at the Dáil general election

Appendix 3: Breakdown by category of expenditure accounted for by candidates' election agents.

Appendix 4: Breakdown by category of expenditure accounted for by national agents' of political parties on the national campaign and on candidates in constituencies

Appendix 5: Summary of total expenditure by political parties

Appendix 6: Details of election expenses incurred by persons notified to the Standards Commission pursuant to section 31(7) of the Electoral Acts.

Appendix 7: Details of election agents (and their candidates) who accounted for election expenses exceeding the expenditure limit applicable to them at the election.

Appendix 8: Details of candidates who qualified for a reimbursement of their election expenses.