52. Must reports from political parties and/or candidates reveal the identity of donors?

The Donation Statement/Statutory Declaration must detail all donations over 5,078.95 EUR (for political parties) and 634,87 EUR (for elected representatives and unsuccessful election candidates), including information on their actual value and nature (i.e. cheque, cash or property/goods), as well as the name, address and description of the donor (i.e. whether the donor is an individual, company, etc.).

Source: GRECO (2009) Evaluation Report on Ireland, Transparency of Party Funding (Theme II), p.15.

The identity of donors must only be revealed if the donation is over € 5,078.95 for political parties and € 634,87  for elected representatives and unsuccessful election candidates.