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Sat 02 Feb 2009Funding controls planned for Lisbon II referendum
THE GOVERNMENT is seeking to curb Libertas’s ability to mount a multi-million campaign against the Lisbon Treaty in a second referendum later this year by cutting the maximum donations allowed, and increasing transparency around campaign funding.
Under the plan outlined by Taoiseach Brian Cowen to the Fianna Fáil Ardfheis last night, all organisations involved in referendums will be required to reveal full details about their funding immediately after a campaign is concluded.
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