Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2023-04-26
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Rónán Mullen (IND), National University of Ireland

I thank the Minister of State for his response. I will certainly consider it and no doubt Senator McDowell will also consider it. The reference to "in any year" really refers to the fact that if in any year an organisation received more than 50%, its returns for that year would need to reflect it. I do not think it is suggesting that it would need to go back to any historical year. I think it relates to the relationship between the year of making the return and the year on which that return reports. I could be wrong on that, but I think that was the intent of the amendment.
While I am on my feet, I just wish to clarify that if I press this amendment, it cannot be reintroduced on Report Stage. Is that correct?

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