Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Dail Éireann — 2023-01-24
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Róisín Shortall (SD), Dublin North-West

I made the point last week that what the Minister is doing and the explanation he is providing for these various figures sound very much like reverse engineering to suit the rules. That is not the case in relation to donations that, as I have already said, are goods and services that have commercial value, which must be declared donations. The Minister seems to be suggesting these were not donations. Mr. Stone putting up the posters for the Minister, paying people to put up the posters and providing the vans were a not a donation to the Minister but to the party. Is that correct?

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Sitting date: 2023-01-24