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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I would assume it is all donations, yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: There are no thresholds being amended here and that element of it is within the party leader's statement. Obviously the party leader's statement will include all donations.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Yes, that is correct.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I assume that would be deemed to be benefit-in-kind. I am not sure it would happen, but I think so.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The legislation covers benefits-in-kind as well.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 91: Amendment of section 23A of Principal Act 151. Section 23A of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1)- (a) in paragraph (ii), by the substitution of “€2,500,” for “€2,500, or”, (b) in paragraph (iii), by the substitution of “€200, or” for “€200.”, and (c) by the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: 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...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 93: Amendment of section 25 of Principal Act 153. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1E): “(1F) A person who fails to furnish a statement under section 24B(1), or a statutory declaration under section 24B(2), or who knowingly furnishes a statement under section 24B(1) or...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 94: Amendment of section 43 of Principal Act 154. Section 43 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7): “(8) Subject to subsection (7), summary proceedings for an offence under this section may be brought and prosecuted by the Standards in Public Office Commission.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 95: Amendment of section 46 of Principal Act 155. Section 46 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following definition: “ ‘cryptocurrency’ means any form of digital currency that is not regulated, and in relation to which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 96: Amendment of section 48A of Principal Act 156. Section 48A of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1)— (a) in paragraph (ii), by the substitution of “€2,500,” for “€2,500, or”, (b) in paragraph (iii), by the substitution of “€200, or” for “€200.”, and (c) by...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 97: Amendment of section 61 of Principal Act 157. Section 61 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7): “(8) Subject to subsection (7), summary proceedings for an offence under this section may be brought and prosecuted by the Standards in Public Office Commission.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 98: Amendment of section 83 of Principal Act 158. Section 83 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by the insertion of the following definitions: " ‘FRS 102’ means the accounting standard entitled ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’, issued by the Financial Reporting Council Limited...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 99: Amendment of section 84 of Principal Act 159. Section 84 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “and of each of its subsidiary organisations” after “concerned”, (b) in subsection (2), by the insertion, in paragraph (a), of “, and of each of its subsidiary organisations,”...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 100: Amendment of section 85 of Principal Act 160. Section 85 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) Subject to section 91(1), the appropriate officer shall prepare a statement of accounts for the political party concerned and its subsidiary organisations (in this Part referred...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 101: Amendment of section 86 of Principal Act 161. Section 86 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) Subject to section 91(1) and (2), the annual statement of accounts of a political party, and of each of its subsidiary organisations, in respect of a financial year shall be audited by a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 102: Amendment of section 88 of Principal Act 162. Section 88 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (3)— (i) by the insertion, in paragraph (a), of “(including any requirements under FRS 102)” after “guidelines”, and (ii) by the insertion, in paragraph (c), of “(including any requirements under FRS...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 103: Amendment of Principal Act – insertion of sections 91 and 92 162. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following sections after section 90: “Subsidiary organisations 91. (1) Where a subsidiary organisation of a political party has— (a) an income of €15,000 or less in a calendar year, or (b) holds cash or...