Departmental Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Questions (196)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

196. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the name and number of organisations here that are in receipt of funding from his Department that have expended resources seeking the repeal of the eighth amendment; the amount of funding these organisations have received from the State in the last five years; the amount of money that they have spent on this particular campaign during that time; the number of organisations here that are in receipt of funding from his Department that have expended resources seeking the retention of the eighth amendment; the amount of funding these organisations have received from the State in the last five years; and the amount of money that they have spent on this particular campaign during that time. [54766/17]

Written answers

Minister for Finance

Under the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938, as amended most recently by the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act, 2014, and the Electoral Act 1997 certain payments are made from the Central Fund to political parties. The payments are contingent on the request/approval of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in accordance with the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2011.

Apart from payments made under the above legislation, no funding was provided from the Department of Finance to political organisations.

My Department has no role in monitoring the use made by parties of funds received under the above legislation.