Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is an important perspective and the amendment seeks to address a significant issue of anomalies relating to parties registered and operating both North and South in cases where they are in some way taking advantage of British electoral law and what is allowed in that context compared with what is permitted here. The Hampton case illustrated that as a problem because of the lack of transparency.

If the Minister of State will consider this in more detail on Report Stage, I will be happy to withdraw the amendment. We might even have a wider discussion between now and then because the issue requires considerable attention and I will be happy to work with the Department if he is happy to consider at least the principle of our amendment on the basis we can work together to try to get this right.