Ireland's political parties will experience changes in state funding due to the recent election results. The Green Party will lose the most funding, while Fianna Fáil and the Social Democrats are set to gain significant amounts.
Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman. The party is in line to lose an estimated €847,500 per year, as a result of its election disaster that saw its Oireachtas presence reduced to just one TD and one senator. Photograph: Alan Betson
The estimated sums are based on the current rates of payment of the two streams of State funding – exchequer funding under the Electoral Act 1997 and the parliamentary activities allowance The PAA is paid to registered political parties that have at least one TD or senator and payment levels are based onThe sums available in both funding streams have risen over the years in line with general Civil Service pay increases.
The Green Party said the election outcome “necessitated a prompt restructuring of the party’s operations requiring a significant reduction in party staff numbers”. It has been “making savings across all parts of the organisation”.
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