mr_anderson
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This is simply astonishing.
Someone please correct me, because it sounds so ludicrous.
The government is putting in place one of the best anti-corruption policies around.
This forces people to register when giving political donations.
Unfortunately, it apparently doesn't suit various 'charities', as they believe such openness may affect their ability to rake in donations from anonymous sources.
Thereby forcing the likes of Transparency International Ireland to say 'No' to transparency.
Someone please tell me I'm reading it wrong.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0903/901936-ngos-sipoc/RTÉ News has learned that a group of the country's largest human rights organisations have written to the Government to express "serious concern" over the rules concerning political donations.
According to the letter, seen by RTÉ's This Week programme, the organisations have warned if they are forced by the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPOC) to register as so-called third parties, it could prevent many of them from raising the money to fund their activities and even put some out of operation.
The group which wrote to Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy in recent weeks includes the Irish Council of Civil Liberties, Amnesty Ireland, and Transparency International Ireland.
The trio say they are also writing on behalf of a large number of other smaller NGOs.
Someone please correct me, because it sounds so ludicrous.
The government is putting in place one of the best anti-corruption policies around.
This forces people to register when giving political donations.
Unfortunately, it apparently doesn't suit various 'charities', as they believe such openness may affect their ability to rake in donations from anonymous sources.
Thereby forcing the likes of Transparency International Ireland to say 'No' to transparency.
Someone please tell me I'm reading it wrong.