Electoral (Amendment) (Donations to Parties and Candidates) Bill 2000
Public bill · Private Member · Introduced
Political donations would generally be limited to registered electors, with lower disclosure thresholds (£1,000 for parties and £250 for individuals) and annual caps of £2,000 for parties and £1,000 for candidates or representatives. Parties could use public funding for election expenses, but would have to keep accounts and have them independently audited and reported to Parliament.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to restrict the making of donations for political purposes to individuals entitled to be registered as electors, to amend the law relating to the disclosure of such donations and to limit the amount which may be so donated, to remove the prohibition on the application by political parties of certain public moneys to or, to recoup election expenses, to provide for the annual audit of certain public moneys paid to political parties, for these purposes to amend the Oireachtas (Miscellaneous Provisions) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1996, and the Electoral Act, 1997, and to provide for related matters
Last updated 12 April 2018
- Eamon Gilmore Primary
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil
- Electoral (Amendment) (Donations to Parties and Candidates) Bill, 2000: Motion. SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Electoral (Amendment) (Donations to Parties and Candidates) Bill, 2000: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
- Private Members' Business. - Electoral (Amendment) (Donations to Parties and Candidates) Bill, 2000: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Private Members' Business. - Electoral (Amendment) (Donations to Parties and Candidates) Bill, 2000: Second Stage. Dáil
- Electoral (Amendment) (Donations to Parties and Candidates) Bill, 2000: First Stage. Dáil