Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 March 2012
113 Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money that an organisation (details supplied) received from the State for the year ending 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15960/12]
View answerI assume the Deputy is referring to funding received under the legislation governing the Party Leader's Allowance. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 3848/12 on the 24th January 2012 which sets out the conditions relating to the allowance, current annual payments and calculations thereof.
The Party Leader's Allowance is provided for in the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) Act, 1938, as amended by the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 2001.
Based on the required calculations under the legislation, the current annual amount payable in respect of The People before Profit Alliance amounts to €143,040. The amount of the allowance paid in the year 2011 amounted to €120,902.86.
