FIGURES RELEASED today by the Standards in Public Office Commission show that the total expenditure of candidates campaigning for the Dublin West by-election in October 2011 amounted to over €143,000.
The by-election to fill the Dáil seat left vacant by the passing of the late Brian Lenihan Jnr was won by Labour’s Patrick Nulty.
Nulty spent €26,739 on the campaign, while the highest spender was Fianna Fáil’s David McGuinness, with €33,905. Fine Gael’s Eithne Loftus was the second-highest spending candidate (€31,073).
SIPO says that it has found no evidence of campaigns overspending; the limit per candidate was €37,650.
Meanwhile, Socialist Party candidate Ruth Coppinger had the highest level of donations disclosed, at €15,693.
Here is SIPO’s table of the #dubw candidate’s expenses and donations:
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