# sipo - Tuesday 1 January, 2019
The goal is for lobbying to be carried out in an ethical and transparent manner.
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# sipo - Thursday 27 December, 2018
A public consultation on what structure and responsibilities the Commission will have has been launched today.
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# sipo - Thursday 13 December, 2018
Sipo found that both Frank Durcan and Cyril Burke contravened the code of conduct for elected representatives.
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# sipo - Tuesday 30 October, 2018
The Standards in Public Office Commission is tasked with ensuring all parties are in compliance with funding rules.
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# sipo - Friday 12 October, 2018
Gallagher has committed to introduce 20 ‘special initiatives’ in his first 20 weeks in office if he is elected.
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# sipo - Monday 17 September, 2018
An SIPO hearing into Hugh McElvaney’s alleged breach of the ethics of public office heard the reporter was “no doubt attractive”.
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# sipo - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
The donation was for Amnesty’s ‘My Body, My Rights’ campaign which sought a referendum on the Eighth Amendment.
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# sipo - Saturday 28 July, 2018
SIPO is to develop ‘standards of best practice’ for public bodies to ensure they communicate to employees about disclosing their interests.
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# sipo - Friday 27 July, 2018
SIPO wants the law changed so it has the power to investigate complaints which come to light after a politician has left office.
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# sipo - Thursday 26 July, 2018
The Standards in Public Office said it is concerned about political interference from organisations outside of Ireland.
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# sipo - Thursday 12 July, 2018
Sipo has released details of expenses for 2017.
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# sipo - Thursday 28 June, 2018
The purpose of a ‘cooling-off’ period is to prevent the use of insider information.
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# sipo - Wednesday 11 April, 2018
Just €6,360 in large donations was given to TDs, senators and MEPs last year.
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# sipo - Sunday 4 February, 2018
The organisation is seeking legal advice about an ongoing dispute over a €137,000 grant it received.
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# sipo - Wednesday 29 November, 2017
Six parties failed to submit any accounts at all.
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# sipo - Monday 25 September, 2017
The shares are being transferred in a bid to avoid any potential conflict ahead of next month’s Budget.
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# sipo - Friday 21 July, 2017
The Standards in Public Office Commission gave the details in its annual report, published today.
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# sipo - Friday 14 July, 2017
Three ministers were asked about their share-holdings during a press conference today.
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# sipo - Wednesday 5 July, 2017
The SIPO report shows that Fianna Fáil received over €2.2 million in 2016.
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# sipo - Thursday 20 April, 2017
“Obviously, in hindsight, it was wrong, there is no question about that,” Richard Hickey said.
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# sipo - Saturday 1 April, 2017
The $24,999 was donated by US billionaire George Soros’ Open Societies Foundation.
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# sipo - Sunday 22 January, 2017
Sipo has ruled that Brian Ó Domhnaill contravened ethics legislation, something he has strongly denied.
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# sipo - Saturday 14 January, 2017
Both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael targeted voters through social media during the general election
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# sipo - Friday 13 January, 2017
Political parties spent over €416,000 on them last year.
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Fianna Fáil spent over €145,891 on election posters in the last general election.
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Under Sipo rules, the maximum cash donation that may be accepted by a candidate during the general election is €200.
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# sipo - Saturday 22 October, 2016
The disputed expense claims date back to 2006 and 2007, when Brian Ó Domhnaill was a member of Donegal County Council.
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# sipo - Tuesday 13 September, 2016
This comes after a BBC Spotlight investigation which cast doubt over the motives of one of their advisers.
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# sipo - Wednesday 13 July, 2016
Legal and translation fees connected with the case have added up to a significant amount.
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# sipo - Friday 1 July, 2016
They also got donations of €98,000.
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# sipo - Wednesday 29 June, 2016
The U2 frontman’s name is just one of many thousands of returns made to the new Irish lobbying authority in the last year.
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# sipo - Tuesday 10 May, 2016
The public hearing into the alleged duplication of expenses by a Fianna Fáil senator was finally held yesterday.
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# sipo - Monday 9 May, 2016
Brian Ó Domhnaill claimed expenses for attending events in different locations on the same days.
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# sipo - Saturday 16 January, 2016
The Irish Independent says this places his salary at €117,258.
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# sipo - Wednesday 9 December, 2015
Corruption is a health risk to our democracy, writes Nuala Haughey.
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# sipo - Monday 7 December, 2015
“Some of the behaviour displayed in tonight’s programme was shocking and completely unacceptable.”
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“This scandal about councillors seeking out bribes has absolutely nothing to do with me.”
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# sipo - Monday 21 September, 2015
The council at the time claimed that it was not involved in the identification of the property.
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# sipo - Thursday 27 August, 2015
SIPO has released details of expenditure in the Carlow-Kilkenny by-election.
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# sipo - Thursday 18 June, 2015
It could be linked to the anti-water charge movement.
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