Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 92:

Amendment of Principal Act - insertion of section 24B

152. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 24A:

“Party leader’s statement

24B. (1) Not later than 31 January in every year, the leader of each political party, which, in the preceding year, had members in either House of the Oireachtas or, as the case may be, in the European Parliament, shall furnish to the Standards in Public Office Commission a written statement, in the form directed by the Commission, in respect of the preceding year, confirming that all donations to the party from outside the State, including all contributions, whether in cash or in kind, have been included in the statement furnished to the Standards in Public Offices Commission by that political party under section 24(1)(b).

(2) A statement furnished pursuant to subsection (1) (to be referred to in this Act as a ‘party leader’s statement’) shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration made by the person by whom the statement is furnished that, to the best of the party leader’s knowledge and belief, the statement is correct in every material respect and that the party leader has taken all reasonable action in order to be satisfied as to the accuracy of the statement.

(3) It shall be the duty of every party leader who is required by this section to furnish a party leader’s statement and make a statutory declaration to make such enquiries and maintain such records as are necessary for the purpose of furnishing the said statement and making the declaration.”.