Third Parties Donations for Political Purposes

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The Local Elections (Disclosure of Donations and Expenditure) Act 1999 as amended, requires a third party that receives a monetary donation in excess of €100 in 2023 to register with their local authority, to open a political donations account and to submit a statement from a financial institution with a certificate and statutory declaration to their local authority not later than March 31st in each year.

A third party is defined as:

“in relation to a local election, plebiscite or campaign, means any person, other than a political party registered in the Register of Political Parties under Part III of the Electoral Act 1992 or a candidate at an election, who accepts, in a particular year, a donation the value of which exceeds €100

• Guidelines for Third Parties Concerning Donations for Political Purposes
• Certificate for a Statement of a political donations account‌‌
• Statutory Declaration
• ‌ Circular F.10-13
• Circular F05

Galway County Council received no notifications in relation to Third Party Political Donations for year ending 31st December 2021 & 2022

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