Electoral Acts Payments
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From: Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Published on: 21 December 2018
- Last updated on: 8 January 2021
Responsibility for the Electoral Acts is a matter for the Minister for the Housing, Planning and Local Government. Under Section 17 of the Electoral Act 1997, as amended by section 50c of the Electoral Amendment Act 2001, provision is made for two payments to be made to qualified political parties:
- a fixed sum of €126,973.80 in each period of 12 months
- an annual shared sum of €4,948,201.68 per annum
Payments under (b) are calculated on the basis of the share of first preference votes obtained by an individual qualified party at the previous general election. These shares are calculated by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Payments are made quarterly in arrears. There are 7 qualified parties in the current (33rd) Dáil – the annual rates payable under (a) and (b) combined are as follows:
| Party | Annual Rate | |
| Fine Gael | €1,347,200.33 | |
| Fianna Fáíl | €1,423,897.46 | |
| Sinn Féín | €1,561,457.47 | |
| Labour | €382,795.83 | |
| AAA-PBP | €364,487.48 | |
| Social Democrats | €296,697.12 | |
| Green Party | €544,107.20 | |
| Total | €5,837,018.28 |
