Seanad debates
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage
1:00 pm
Rónán Mullen (Independent)
Senator Bacik seems to be contending that I may be right on one point and wrong on the other. I recall the Quinn's Supermarket case and she may well be correct on that point. However, I must ask her whether a different principle applies here. If it is possible to curtail the amounts that may be donated, it seems that the principle that one may restrict donations has already been conceded. It would be very difficult to argue, in light of this, that an absolute ban would be repugnant to the Constitution.
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