Politicians risk prosecution over donation files

New figures from the State’s ethics watchdog reveal that €17,000 in political donations were declared by TDs, senators and MEPs for the whole of last year.

The Standards in Public Office (Sipo) yesterday also revealed that 14 parliamentary members had failed to file their donation statements on time or had not filed any. The statements are the first since new donation levels were introduced last year which require amounts received which are greater than €600 to be disclosed by parliamentarians.

The maximum donation that can be accepted by a TD, senator or MEP in a particular year from a person is now €1,000.