Comments on: The Catholic Church, the HAI and Iona have all failed to register their political activity with SIPO

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https://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/17/catholic-church-hai-iona-sipo/#comment-1737173

Bob **It does engage in lobbying but such lobbing does not have costs. I know. I have arranged press releases for entirely separate topics and they don’t cost anything (I work in science).** As...

https://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/17/catholic-church-hai-iona-sipo/#comment-1736301

It does engage in lobbying but such lobbing does not have costs. I know. I have arranged press releases for entirely separate topics and they don't cost anything (I work in science). I have no id...

https://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/17/catholic-church-hai-iona-sipo/#comment-1734584

Well, do you agree that (a) the Bishops Conference exists as an entity, whatever its constitution, and (b) it engages in political advocacy, and (c) that political advocacy costs money, and (d) t...

https://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/17/catholic-church-hai-iona-sipo/#comment-1732928

" There is no complication whatsoever for the Bishops Conference to register as a Third Party." I cannot allow such a dishonest remark to go unchallenged. "including directly lobbying the Taoisea...

https://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/17/catholic-church-hai-iona-sipo/#comment-1732850

Thanks for the clarification. We agree on the issue of integrity in public life and the need for transparency for organizations regarding their political goals. I agree with you that this issue n...

https://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/17/catholic-church-hai-iona-sipo/#comment-1732807

You're obviously right as a general principle, and I did phrase it ambiguously, but what I meant in this context is that organisations should comply with *this* law. I don't see this law as overl...

https://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/17/catholic-church-hai-iona-sipo/#comment-1732761

MN **Like any other organisation, it should have to shape its structures so that it can comply with the law, not vice versa.** I don't agree with you here Michael. Some laws can be very poorly th...

https://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/17/catholic-church-hai-iona-sipo/#comment-1732556

Well, that's a problem for the church, then. Like any other organisation, it should have to shape its structures so that it can comply with the law, not vice versa.

https://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/17/catholic-church-hai-iona-sipo/#comment-1731504

But the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference isn't a standalone group. It is an assembly like the G8. One can't donate to the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference. Now this assembly does occasionally...

https://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/04/17/catholic-church-hai-iona-sipo/#comment-1729720