Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)

It is a bit rich to have to listen to a Minister who wanted to increase the amount of donations one could make to a political party so he could give more of his salary to his own party, which would then be spent on himself and his own election campaigns, berating other parties. The Labour Party introduced the limits on expenditure on elections and introduced the legislation dealing with accountability and transparency in relation to donations. It is a bit disingenuous to say what the Minister has just said.

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