Roche ‘not in favour’ of lifting cap on corporate donations

ENVIRONMENT Minister Dick Roche signalled yesterday that he is personally not in favour of lifting the cap on corporate donations in politics.

Although the minister did not rule out raising the donations ceiling before the next general election, he said it hasn’t been a priority and he did not think expensive campaigns added to the political landscape.

Currently political parties are only allowed to accept donations from one source of up to €6,348 in any given year, while the limit for an individual politician is €2,539 per donor.