Jillian van Turnhout (Independent)

I want to ask for clarification from the Minister in regard to the banning of corporate donations, which he said would be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. How, then, can France ban all donations from private and public sector companies, as happened in 1995? In Portugal, donations by corporations are banned by article 8 of a 2003 law. Is there some special exception for Ireland which means we cannot ban corporate donations when Portugal and France can do so?