FG 2.25Mil election Fund, FF 3mil in red

thebman

Hhhmmmm, might explain why they don't want to have an election given they can't afford to fight one.

The refusal to hold bye elections make more sense if they are so strapped for funding along with their slim majority in government.

One also has to wonder will we see the ban on political donations the Green's want when FF will need every penny they can get to try to pay off this debt.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0101/breaking7.html

The_Minister

Right now, a ban on corporate donations which encompassed trade unions would probably damage the opposition more than the government parties.

Businesses are not giving to Fianna Fail, and never gave to the Greens.

ninty9er

Fine Gael would have most to lose and this is probably why it'll be guillotined before the election. It may be one of the things Dempsey was referring to in his "blaze of glory" comment given that it's a personal hobby-horse of his.

aidan24326

FG 2.25Mil election Fund, FF 3mil in red

I guess their developer pals aren't quite so flush these days!

paddy

Don't worry, they will find some way of making the taxpayer cover it, shower of c***s.

ninty9er

paddy wrote: »

Don't worry, they will find some way of making the taxpayer cover it, shower of c***s.

Can't; there's a €2m surplus in the admin account which can't be used as it's state funding.

TheReverend

I thought it was FG that were 3 mil in debt

paddy

One also has to wonder will we see the ban on political donations the Green's want when FF will need every penny they can get to try to pay off this debt.

If they need every penny, why the hell are they paying themselves such high salaries & pensions :mad: the sooner they are gone the better.

Liam Byrne

ninty9er wrote: »

Can't; there's a €2m surplus in the admin account which can't be used as it's state funding.

Didn't we hear something similar about guaranteed safeguards ringfencing the NPRF ?

ninty9er

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Didn't we hear something similar about guaranteed safeguards ringfencing the NPRF ?

They are 2 separate accounts.

The election fund is the only fund that can be used for electoral purposes. State cash cannot be entered into the fund, therefore state cash cannot fund elections or referenda.

The NPRF is our "rainy day" fund...and it's bucketing through the ceiling.

Wide Road

The_Minister wrote: »

Right now, a ban on corporate donations which encompassed trade unions would probably damage the opposition more than the government parties.

Businesses are not giving to Fianna Fail, and never gave to the Greens.

Anyone care to answer?
Who cleared the FG debt last time?

aidan24326

ninty9er wrote: »

The NPRF is our "rainy day" fund...and it's bucketing through the ceiling.

Is it not a case of 'was' our rainy day fund?

I thought they had ransacked that piggy bank already.

Wide Road

aidan24326 wrote: »

Is it not a case of 'was' our rainy day fund?

I thought they had ransacked that piggy bank already.

Any word on the FG debt & how it was cleared?

Einhard

Wide Road wrote: »

Any word on the FG debt & how it was cleared?

Their membership draw earned them approx €1 million last year. FF's church gate collection earned them a few hundred thousand, and I imagine FG's managed about the same. Pretty simple really.

Oh sorry, I mean, big business bought the party to do their bidding in the next election. Was that more along the lines of what you were looking for?

Wide Road

Einhard wrote: »

Their membership draw earned them approx €1 million last year. FF's church gate collection earned them a few hundred thousand, and I imagine FG's managed about the same. Pretty simple really.

Oh sorry, I mean, big business bought the party to do their bidding in the next election. Was that more along the lines of what you were looking for?

I'm not talking about last year. I'm talking about when Lowry cleared the FG debt. Who helped him, and why have never been been put on the record?

Liam Byrne

ninty9er wrote: »

They are 2 separate accounts.

The election fund is the only fund that can be used for electoral purposes. State cash cannot be entered into the fund, therefore state cash cannot fund elections or referenda.

The NPRF is our "rainy day" fund...and it's bucketing through the ceiling.

It is? I heard it was bucketing down the road at Anglo & AIB alright. But my correctly-budgeted roof is fine! Because yes, the NPRF was our rainy day fund, not FF's! :mad:


Anyone friendly with a few honest developers who might fix that ?

Rocky1948

TheReverend wrote: »

I thought it was FG that were 3 mil in debt

Not for years anyway.

Over the last few years Fine Gael have been very good at fundraising and the main way is through the Superdraw.

TheReverend

Rocky1948 wrote: »

Not for years anyway.

Over the last few years Fine Gael have been very good at fundraising and the main way is through the Superdraw.

Must have misread something then

jmayo

ninty9er wrote: »

They are 2 separate accounts.

What currency are they in ?

ninty9er wrote: »

The election fund is the only fund that can be used for electoral purposes. State cash cannot be entered into the fund, therefore state cash cannot fund elections or referenda.

The NPRF is our "rainy day" fund...and it's bucketing through the ceiling.

Ah well ff know enough builders/developers/plasterers to fix their own roofs.

Wide Road wrote: »

Anyone care to answer?
Who cleared the FG debt last time?

You mean the guy that ff are allowing build a casino down in Tipp in return for his support ?

Maybe they want him to help them clear their debt ?

You always keep dragging up insinuations about lowry and FG, but you neglect to mention they booted him out over his non tax compliance and you also conventiently forget what party are not sharing a bed with him. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Hell with his non tax compliance he could be a leader of ff

Wide Road

jmayo wrote: »

You mean the guy that ff are allowing build a casino down in Tipp in return for his support ?

Maybe they want him to help them clear their debt ?

You always keep dragging up insinuations about lowry and FG, but you neglect to mention they booted him out over his non tax compliance and you also conventiently forget what party are not sharing a bed with him. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Hell with his non tax compliance he could be a leader of ff

Yes, that's the guy, any answer for me?

Liam Byrne

Wide Road wrote: »

I'm not talking about last year. I'm talking about when Lowry cleared the FG debt. Who helped him, and why have never been been put on the record?

Maybe he built a casino somewhere with the help of his new FF buddies ?

If you're that concerned about it, get your friends in FF to set up a tribunal to look into it......sure one of those will get to the answers pretty quickly.....

How is Ahern these days anyways, still swanning around at our expense while the tribunal inexplicably delays its findings ?

Mud-slinging goes both ways, even more so when the characters that you have questions about are all currently in the FF stable meaning that you haven't a leg to stand on with that argument.

if Lowry is as dodgy as you are implying (and I'd agree that he is) how come FG rejected him and FF accepted him ?

And speaking of things being "put on record", any sign of Ahern's lodgement slips or the minutes of the FF bank meeting that sold us all down the swanee ?

conorhal

thebman wrote: »

Hhhmmmm, might explain why they don't want to have an election given they can't afford to fight one.

The refusal to hold bye elections make more sense if they are so strapped for funding along with their slim majority in government.

One also has to wonder will we see the ban on political donations the Green's want when FF will need every penny they can get to try to pay off this debt.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0101/breaking7.html

Well... at least FF are consistent, they've been as financially imprudent with their own accounts as they have been with the economy. Send in the bailiffs to seize every last stick of furniture and brown envelope, sell off FF’s HQ and declare the party as bankrupt as it’s policies I say!

goat2

thebman wrote: »

Hhhmmmm, might explain why they don't want to have an election given they can't afford to fight one.

The refusal to hold bye elections make more sense if they are so strapped for funding along with their slim majority in government.

One also has to wonder will we see the ban on political donations the Green's want when FF will need every penny they can get to try to pay off this debt.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0101/breaking7.html

people would pay the greens to disband and never come back, that is about the only way they would come about getting donations

jmayo

Wide Road wrote: »

Yes, that's the guy, any answer for me?

Convenient that you always forget any other points that questions your own party's ethics. :rolleyes:

As for lowry I do believe the guy did some dodgy sh** and we may never knwo the full truth as in the cases with lawlor, ahern, flynn, fahey as it is very hard to prove anything conclusively, since it is in neither sides (the giver and reciever of bungs) interest to divulge if they corruptly obtained favours for financial aid.

Notice how FG kicked lowry out once his tax avoidance scheme with Dunne was exposed.
They didn't hmmm and haw, claim point blank it was a mistake and give him votes of confidence.


Now compare that with ff who refused to remove lawlor, burke, ahern, bev flynn, o'dea, etc until they were pushed into a corner that it was no longer politically feasible to support them.

Over the last couple of years I believe lowry has found his true bedfellows and both sides appear quiet chuffed with their mutualistic relationship.