The sums in question amount to €2,160 for six events held during the campaign
A spokesman for the party said Sinn Féin had held 23 press events during the 2016 general election campaign, and that only six of those were held at indoor venues.
The spokesman said the party’s election return would now be amended as appropriate and returned to Sipo. Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe was heavily criticised after it took him a week – and three separate statements – to outline the full extent of donations made to his campaigns by businessman Michael Stone.
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