Cllr. Cormac Devlin, "Saint Michaels", Glenageary Avenue, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Telephone: +353 (1) 275 0786 Email cormacdevlin@ireland.com
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It is important that candidates keep a record of donations received in relation to an election as they will be required to furnish a Donation Statement and Statutory Declaration to the Standards in Public Office Commission after the election. All donations with a value greater than €634.87 must be disclosed. Acceptance of certain donations is prohibited (see below for further details).
A candidate who receives, in any particular year, a monetary donation exceeding €126.97 must open and maintain a political donations account in a financial institution in the State.
The first donation, together with any further monetary donations, of any value, must be lodged to the account.
Anonymous donations
A candidate must not accept an anonymous donation exceeding €126.97 in value. A donation is anonymous if the name and address of the donor is not known to the candidate.
Foreign donations
A candidate may not accept a donation, of any value, from an individual (other than an Irish citizen) who resides outside the island of Ireland. Similarly a donation, of any value, may not be accepted from a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons which does not keep an office in the island of Ireland from which at least one of its principal activities is directed.
The candidate's Donation Statement must be accompanied by a Certificate of Monetary Donations and Statutory Declaration and a statement from the financial institution specifying the transactions that have taken place on the account.
