17. If there is a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party during an election, what is the limit?
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9.— Section 23A (inserted by section 49(d) of the Act of 2001) of the Act of 1997 is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) Without prejudice to subsection (2), none of the following persons, namely— (a) a member of either House of the Oireachtas, (b) a member of the European Parliament, (c) a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad or European election, (d) a political party, (e) a third party, or (f) an accounting unit, shall, directly or through any intermediary, accept from a particular person in a particular year— (i) a donation the value of which exceeds, in case the first-mentioned person falls within paragraph (a), (b), or (c), €1,000, (ii) a donation the value of which exceeds, in case the first-mentioned person falls within paragraph (d), (e), or (f), €2,500, or (iii) a donation of cash of an amount which exceeds €200."
€2500 in any calendar year.
See Standards in Public Office Commission. 2015. Guidelines for Political Parties Steps to be taken concerning donations and prohibited donations, p. 14.