29/10/03 - Report on compliance by third parties in 2002 / 2003

Part 3. Registration of Third Parties during 2002

A total of twenty-seven groups or individuals registered as third parties during 2002. Of these, seven registered in connection with the referendum on abortion, four registered in connection with the Dáil general election and sixteen registered in connection with the referendum on the Nice Treaty (see Part 5 for full details).

The Standards Commission, in its correspondence with each of the twenty-seven registered third parties, requested the responsible person to confirm in writing whether or not the third party is continuing to operate during 2003. Confirmation was received that the following five groups are still operating in 2003:

• Irish Alliance for Europe
• Equal in Europe
• The National Platform
• Immigration Control Platform
• PANA

A sixth group, Éire ar son na Beatha, advised that, up to the date of the enquiry, it had not operated so far during 2003 and that a decision had yet to be taken on whether or not it would be providing an on-going service to pro-life groups nationally.

IFSC for Yes advised that, on the date of the enquiry, its account was still open, but that it expected to finalise matters and close the account and would be forwarding a final Certificate of Monetary Donations to the Standards Commission.

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