Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)

I move amendment No. 35:

In page 17, to delete lines 34 to 39, to delete pages 18 and 19, and in page 20, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following:

"22.—The Act of 1999 is amended by inserting the following section after section 19B (inserted by section 58(m) of the Act of 2001):

"19BB.—(1) A candidate at an election shall not, directly or through any intermediary, accept in connection with the election from a particular corporate donor a donation the value of which exceeds €200 unless—

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a donation shall not be prohibited under that subsection where—

(a) a provider of a programme of education and training, or

(b) the students' union or other representative body recognised by a provider of a programme of education and training, makes a payment to a club, society or other body, operating with the permission and on the premises of the provider of a programme of education and training, and every member of which is a student who is enrolled or registered with the provider of a programme of education and training.

(3) Where, notwithstanding subsection (1), a donation the acceptance of which is prohibited by that subsection, is made to a person referred to therein the donee shall, not later than days after the receipt of the donation, either—

(a) return the donation, or in the case of a donation referred to in subsection (1) which is a monetary donation, the part of it exceeding the limit concerned, to the corporate donor and keep a written record of that return for the purposes of its being furnished to the local authority concerned, if required by it, or

(b) notify the local authority concerned of such receipt and remit the donation, or in the case of a donation referred to in subsection (1) which is a monetary donation, the part of it exceeding the limit concerned or the value thereof to the local authority.

(4) A local authority shall dispose of all moneys, property or goods received by it under subsection (3) in such manner as it determines.

(5) In this section—

'provider of a programme of education and training' has the same meaning as it has in section 2 of the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999.".".

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