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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Political Party Funds.

Limits on election spending

Summary

Asked about statutory limits on party and candidate election spending, the Minister said there were no plans to reintroduce limits on candidates’ expenses.

asked the Minister for the Environment whether he will consider the imposition of a statutory limitation on expenditure of political parties and candidates at election time.

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There are no proposals for the reintroduction of the statutory limitation on the election expenses of candidates which was repealed in 1963 on the recommendation of the Joint Committee on the Electoral Law.

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