# sipo - Tuesday 13 July, 2021
# Lobbying
# Lobbying
Proposals to tighten laws on lobbying activity were approved by Cabinet today.
# sipo - Monday 28 June, 2021
# Lobby
# Lobby
The Standards in Public Office Commission has released its 2020 report on the regulation of lobbying.
# sipo - Thursday 3 December, 2020
# SIPO
# SIPO
The party received €258,596 in public funding last year.
# sipo - Thursday 26 November, 2020
# Ethics Watchdog
# Ethics Watchdog
Political parties registered in Ireland are required to disclose their annual accounts to SIPO .
# sipo - Tuesday 24 November, 2020
# Watchdog
# Watchdog
Donations disclosed by Irish political parties last year totalled €175,576.
# sipo - Thursday 19 November, 2020
# Geraldine Feeney
# Geraldine Feeney
No debate was held on the motion, despite objection to this by opposition politicians.
# sipo - Tuesday 17 November, 2020
# Ethics Watchdog
# Ethics Watchdog
Opposition parties have criticised the government for not facilitating a debate on the nomination.
# sipo - Thursday 12 November, 2020
# Dáil Debate
# Dáil Debate
Geraldine Feeney is listed as having lobbied on behalf of the now defunct doctor’s union.
# sipo - Wednesday 30 September, 2020
# Political Accountability
# Political Accountability
Micheál Martin said any review of Sipo rules must include foreign funding issues.
# sipo - Tuesday 29 September, 2020
# SIPO
# SIPO
The former junior finance minister is to resign his seat in the Seanad to take up the role.
# sipo - Saturday 22 February, 2020
# New Renua
# New Renua
The party said that it may also consider changing its name and branding as part of a wider review.
# sipo - Tuesday 28 January, 2020
# Monaghan
# Monaghan
McElvaney was subject of an RTÉ Investigates programme Standard in Public Office, aired in 2015.
# sipo - Monday 20 January, 2020
# War Of Words
# War Of Words
Fianna Fáil want Sipo to carry out an investigation.
# sipo - Wednesday 11 December, 2019
# Expenses
# Expenses
The Dáil Committee on Members’ Interests is to meet on Thursday but questions remain as to whether they have the power to investigate.
# sipo - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
# Investigation
# Investigation
Leo Varadkar told the Dáil today that Sipo could investigate former members.
# sipo - Tuesday 15 October, 2019
# Noteworthy
# Noteworthy
Minister Sean Canney was also asked to provide more information on €3,258 in “policy formulation” expenses that were spent in a string of restaurants around the country.
# sipo - Tuesday 10 September, 2019
# SIPO
# SIPO
Councillor McElvaney was one of the subjects of an RTÉ Investigates programme in 2015.
# sipo - Wednesday 4 September, 2019
# Hugh Mcelvaney
# Hugh Mcelvaney
Justice Garrett Simons said he was satisfied “to dismiss the application in its entirety.”
# sipo - Wednesday 7 August, 2019
# SIPO
# SIPO
Eight political parties qualified for Exchequer funding in 2018.
# sipo - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
# SIPO
# SIPO
SIPO today released details of the expenses and donations during the 2018 presidential election campaign.
# sipo - Monday 29 April, 2019
# Irish Freedom Party
# Irish Freedom Party
Two members of the party are running as independents in the upcoming elections.
# sipo - Monday 8 April, 2019
# Too Expensive
# Too Expensive
The watch, believed to be worth close to €8,000, may be sold and the money used for charitable purposes.
# sipo - Tuesday 26 March, 2019
# SIPO
# SIPO
Sipo today published two separate reports following investigation hearings.
# sipo - Friday 22 March, 2019
# SIPO
# SIPO
Sipo investigated the doctors after they missed a deadline by which they had to reply.
# sipo - Tuesday 1 January, 2019
# Transparency
# Transparency
The goal is for lobbying to be carried out in an ethical and transparent manner.
# sipo - Thursday 27 December, 2018
# A Long Time Coming
# A Long Time Coming
A public consultation on what structure and responsibilities the Commission will have has been launched today.
# sipo - Thursday 13 December, 2018
# Mayo
# Mayo
Sipo found that both Frank Durcan and Cyril Burke contravened the code of conduct for elected representatives.
# sipo - Tuesday 30 October, 2018
# Money Money Money
# Money Money Money
The Standards in Public Office Commission is tasked with ensuring all parties are in compliance with funding rules.
# sipo - Friday 12 October, 2018
# Aras18
# Aras18
Gallagher has committed to introduce 20 ‘special initiatives’ in his first 20 weeks in office if he is elected.
# sipo - Monday 17 September, 2018
# Hugh Mcelvaney
# Hugh Mcelvaney
An SIPO hearing into Hugh McElvaney’s alleged breach of the ethics of public office heard the reporter was “no doubt attractive”.
# sipo - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
# Funding
# Funding
The donation was for Amnesty’s ‘My Body, My Rights’ campaign which sought a referendum on the Eighth Amendment.
# sipo - Saturday 28 July, 2018
# Garda College
# Garda College
SIPO is to develop ‘standards of best practice’ for public bodies to ensure they communicate to employees about disclosing their interests.
# sipo - Friday 27 July, 2018
# Complaints
# Complaints
SIPO wants the law changed so it has the power to investigate complaints which come to light after a politician has left office.
# sipo - Thursday 26 July, 2018
# Foreign Ads
# Foreign Ads
The Standards in Public Office said it is concerned about political interference from organisations outside of Ireland.
# sipo - Thursday 12 July, 2018
# Political Parties
# Political Parties
Sipo has released details of expenses for 2017.
# sipo - Thursday 28 June, 2018
# Transparency
# Transparency
The purpose of a ‘cooling-off’ period is to prevent the use of insider information.
# sipo - Wednesday 11 April, 2018
# Donations
# Donations
Just €6,360 in large donations was given to TDs, senators and MEPs last year.
# sipo - Sunday 4 February, 2018
# Eighth Amendment
# Eighth Amendment
The organisation is seeking legal advice about an ongoing dispute over a €137,000 grant it received.
# sipo - Wednesday 29 November, 2017
# sipo - Monday 25 September, 2017
# Excise
# Excise
The shares are being transferred in a bid to avoid any potential conflict ahead of next month’s Budget.
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