Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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83. To ask the Minister for Finance the quarterly payments to each political party under the Exchequer funding heading under the Electoral Act 1992, since January 2015; and the dates on which each was paid. [4976/23]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that payments to political parties are made under Section 17 of the Electoral Act of 1997 as amended by Section 50(c) of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001; Section 77 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011; and Section 42 of the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012. 

In accordance with Section 19 of the 1997 Act, as amended by Section 77 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 and Section 40 of the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012, payments are made quarterly in arrears by the Minister for Finance on the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. 

Details of the payments made under Section 17 (1) (a) and under Section 17 (1) (b) are set out in the attached tables.