Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am disappointed by the response of the Minister of State. If the registrar of political parties is required to have all this information and, from what the Minister of State is telling me, the relevant documents and so on can be made available for inspection and scrutiny, then surely, in the interests of transparency, it would not be a significant ask of the new commission to cater for the publication of that information when the responsibilities shift to it. It is limited information but it is important to have that information relating to the functioning of political parties available on the website of the commission. It is straightforward. Many parties publish that information anyway. People have a right to know how parties operate internally. Those parties may be making big decisions in the context of the future of the party or organisation, as well as the future of the country. This is a reasonably modest ask of the new commission and would not be a significant burden.