Third Parties are organisations, other than registered political parties, who received €100 or more in donations for political purposes. See full guidelines for Third Parties here - sipo.ie/en/publication…

The Standards Commission recently published it's Code for the Conduct of Electoral Investigations on it's website. Any person, Party, and election candidate who has obligations under the Electoral Act should read the code published here sipo.ie/en/publication…

People donating to multiple recipients should be aware that if you donate more than €1,500 in total to two or more candidates, or parties, you must complete and return a donation statement to the Commission found at the following link - sipo.ie/en/collection/…

TD's, Senators, and MEP's must be aware of their reporting obligations and limits of political donations which must be maintained during an election campaign. For guidelines on what are acceptable donations, please see the following page - sipo.ie/en/publication…

General Election 2024 candidates, election agents, national agents, and other persons should be aware of candidate expenditure limits, election period dates, and reimbursement limits available on the Commission's website - sipo.ie/en/collection/…

Political Parties must be aware of their reporting obligations regarding annual disclosure of donations received by the party, or a sub-unit of that party. This obligation must be maintained during election campaigns. More information available here - sipo.ie/en/publication…

Third Parties are organisations, other than registered political parties, who received €100 or more in donations for political purposes. See full guidelines for Third Parties here - sipo.ie/en/publication…

Corporate Donors intending to donate more than €200 to a candidate or Party for the upcoming General Election have obligations to register with the Standards Commission before making such a donation - sipo.ie/en/publication…

General Election 2024 candidates, election agents, national agents, and other persons should be aware of candidate expenditure limits, election period dates, and reimbursement limits available on the Commission's website - sipo.ie/en/collection/…

People donating to multiple recipients should be aware that if you donate more than €1,500 in total to two or more candidates, or parties, you must complete and return a donation statement to the Commission found at the following link - sipo.ie/en/collection/…

TD's, Senators, and MEP's must be aware of their reporting obligations and limits of political donations which must be maintained during an election campaign. For guidelines on what are acceptable donations, please see the following page - sipo.ie/en/publication…

Happy Christmas from the Standards in Public Office Commission. Our office is closed for the Christmas break and will re-open on Thursday 2 January.

Deadline Extended Due to the red weather warning on Friday the deadline for General Election returns (24 Jan.) has been extended to Monday 27 January 2025 with no penalty. Our office is unable to take returns in person on Friday but can do so on Monday 27 January.

What is the role of the Standards Commission? For further information click here: sipo.ie/en/organisatio…

MEDIA RELEASE Investigation Hearing in respect of Mr. Tommy Reilly sipo.ie/en/press-relea…

Standards in Public Office Commission publishes its 2024 Annual Report under the Regulation of Lobbying Act. lobbying.ie/reports-statis…

Standards Commission Publishes Annual Report for 2024. sipo.ie/en/press-relea…

Today SIPO published its investigation report into alleged contraventions of the Local Government Act 2001 and the Code of Conduct for Councillors by Mr Tommy Reilly, former Councillor of Meath County Council. sipo.ie/en/press-relea…

Decision of the Standards in Public Office Commission on a preliminary application by former Councillor Kenneth O’Flynn. sipo.ie/en/press-relea…

The Standards Commission has published it’s guidelines for the upcoming Presidential Election 2025. sipo.ie/en/publication…