14. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during a non-election specific period?

Ireland

Ireland

Answer
Yes, for both natural and legal persons
Source

Art 23A (1). (1) Without prejudice to subsection (2), none of the following persons, namely (a) a member of either House of the Oireachtas, (b) a member of the European Parliament, (c) a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad or European election, (d) a political party, (e) a third party, or (f) an accounting unit, shall, directly or through any intermediary, accept from a particular person in a particular year (i) a donation the value of which exceeds, in case the first-mentioned person falls within paragraph (a), (b), or (c), €1,000, (ii) a donation the value of which exceeds, in case the first-mentioned person falls within paragraph (d), (e), or (f), €2,500, or (iii) a donation of cash of an amount which exceeds €200.

Source: Electoral Act No. 25, 1997. Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012, Section 9.

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