Seanad debates
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage
1:00 pm
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
I cannot subscribe to the proposition being put forward by Senator Mullen. I am not going to go through case law in the various countries of the European Union. What I am saying is that my legal advice is that we have a constitutional prohibition at present on an outright ban on corporate donations. If it was otherwise, I would bring in different legislation. I will certainly-----
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