Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 5, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “Insertion of section 10A into Principal Act

7.The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 10:

“Transparency relating to the finances of lobbying bodies

10A.(1) Where a person, whether a natural person, a body corporate or an unincorporated body of persons, is registered in accordance with the terms of this Act and is in receipt of funding from a state source or sources to the extent of at least 50 per cent of its income in any year or from a non-state source which is a person to the extent of at least 50 per cent of its income in any year, the amount of such funding shall be stated on the register together with the identity of any such sources.

(2) In this section, ‘state source’ includes all bodies or departments of State in receipt of Exchequer funding and includes funding by the European Union or any other state or territory.”.”.