Seanad debates

Wednesday, 18 June 2003

We must resolve the problem of people giving money to political parties. They will always do so if they think they will get something in return but will not give it if they do not. One of the problems of our present laws is that there is some sort of limit, €4,000 I think, beyond which a person must make a declaration. Why is the limit not zero? I cannot understand why all of us who stand for office should not have to disclose every cent we get, not because there is something wrong with receiving a donation, or because there is any prurient interest in it, but because it lets people know where we are coming from and admits the sort of pressures we feel.

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