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Some questions about Irish poltics

einshteen · 2011-01-04 04:58:28

Hi, hope you'll forgive that I know very little about politics, but have some questions that you may be able to help me with: 1. Do Irish political parties publish accounts of their income and expenditure? Are these publicly available? 2. Who decides what the policy of a party is? Who draws up the manifesto and who decides…

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einshteen

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Hi, hope you'll forgive that I know very little about politics, but have some questions that you may be able to help me with:

1. Do Irish political parties publish accounts of their income and expenditure? Are these publicly available?
2. Who decides what the policy of a party is? Who draws up the manifesto and who decides what goes in it?
3. Are lobbying groups a big problem in Ireland? Is there a 'quid per quo' system for organisations that donate to political parties?

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#2 04-01-2011 10:00am

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Moved from Political Theory.

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#3 04-01-2011 10:03pm

einshteen

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If nobody knows, does anyone know where I can find out?

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