Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

On amendment No. 90 and what my amendment to that amendment seeks to achieve, I think the Minister of State's position is that he is proposing that a party registered both North and South would have to declare its property and its income from that property on an all-island basis. Our amendment seeks to go a little further. Without it, such a party could still receive donations in the North that would be illegal here. Our amendment to the Government amendment seeks to put an end to SIPO's contention, which is in the public domain, relating in particular to the Hampton donation. I refer to that donation to Sinn Féin simply because it illustrated many anomalies between the systems North and South. Our amendment would put an end to the SIPO contention that Sinn Féin - I refer to Sinn Féin purely because that is the case in point - is in some sense separate to and apart from Sinn Féin as registered in the South. Has the Minister of State had the opportunity to consider the amendment we have proposed to his amendment and what is his perspective on that?