Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

The Electoral (Amendment) Bill is before the House. Given that this legislation provides for greatly increased allowable expenditure at elections, is it time at long last to bring about the publication of the charities regulation Bill so that political fundraising might be covered and regulated along with other charities which are currently looking for that legislation?

Following my question to the Taoiseach earlier, is any promised amendment envisaged to the Planning and Development Act 2000 that would close the loophole where currently no matter how large a site is it does not require an environmental impact assessment if it is being developed by certain State agencies?

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