11/11/04 - Report to Ceann Comhairle re European elections of 11 June 2004

Appendix 6 - Breakdown by category of expenditure accounted for by candidates' election agents

The definition of what constitutes election expenditure is provided in the schedule to the Electoral Act, 1997 (as amended) under the following headings:

Advertising
Publicity
Election Posters
Other Election Material
Office and Stationery
Transport and Travel
Market Research
Campaign Workers.

The Election Expenses Statement forms issued by the Standards Commission to election agents were designed to ensure that details of election expenditure would be provided under the above headings.

Below is a summary of the information provided by election agents in their Election Expenses Statements. The table provides a breakdown by constituency of total expenditure under the above headings.

The number of candidates who stood in the constituency is entered in brackets after the name of the constituency.

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