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Amendment of section 23A of Act of 1997.
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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):
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“(1) Without prejudice to subsection (2), none of the following persons, namely—
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(a) a member of either House of the Oireachtas,
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(b) a member of the European Parliament,
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(c) a candidate at a Dáil, Seanad or European election,
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(d) a political party,
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(e) a third party, or
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(f) an accounting unit,
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shall, directly or through any intermediary, accept from a particular person in a particular year—
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(i) a donation the value of which exceeds, in case the first-mentioned person falls within paragraph (a), (b), or (c), €1,000,
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(ii) a donation the value of which exceeds, in case the first-mentioned person falls within paragraph (d), (e), or (f), €2,500, or
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(iii) a donation of cash of an amount which exceeds €200.”.
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