Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 47:

In page 30, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: "(i) by the substitution, in subsection (1), of the following definition for the definition of "election":

" 'election', except in Parts VII and VIII, means, as the context may require, a Dáil election, a European election or a Limerick mayoral election or any combination thereof;",".

These amendments provide for necessary minor consequential amendments to the section, which amends the Electoral Act 1997. Section 37 also inserts a new Part X, entitled, "Spending and donations at elections for mayor of Limerick", comprising 21 sections, into the Electoral Act to provide for the limitation of expenditure at a Limerick mayoral election, the reimbursement of election expenditure and for the disclosure of both donations and election expenses. These new sections will appear as sections 93 to 113, included in the amended Electoral Act 1997. That Act legislates for electoral spending and donations requirements as they apply at Dáil, Seanad, European Parliament and presidential elections. These amendments under the section and the insertion of the new Part X will extend the scope of the Electoral Act so that it will now apply in respect of a Limerick mayoral election.