(1) A decision by the Registrar on an application for registration, including the registration of an emblem, or for amendment of the particulars entered in the Register in respect of a party or in relation to the cancellation of the registration of a party under section 25A(5) or a decision by the appeal board on an appeal under section 25B shall not have effect in relation to the relevant election where the decision of the Registrar or the board is made or the period for making an appeal under section 25B(3) against the decision of the Registrar expires –

(a) in the case of a Dáil election relative to a party registered or seeking registration (including registration of a political party emblem) as a party organised to contest a Dáil election, after the date of the issue of the writ or writs,
(b) in the case of a European election relative to a party registered or seeking registration (including registration of a political party emblem) as a party organised to contest a European election, after the date of the making of the order of the Minister under section 10 of the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997,
(c) in the case of a local election relative to a party registered or seeking registration (including registration of a political party emblem) as a party organised to contest a local election, after the date of the making of the order of the Minister under section 21 of the Local Government Act, 1994.

(2) The Registrar shall maintain the Register at his office, permit any person to inspect the Register at such time and under such conditions as may be specified by the Registrar and shall furnish, on request, to any person a copy of the Register.

(3) Where an order of a court or a request by any person is made for the production by the Registrar of the Register or a copy thereof, the production of a copy of the Register accompanied by a certificate of the Registrar that such copy is a copy of the Register shall in any civil or criminal proceedings be prima facie evidence of the fact so certified and it shall not be necessary, unless the court on receipt of the certificate and copy of the Register so orders, for the Registrar to attend in person to attest to any matter relating to the Register or the certificate.

(4) The Registrar may require any person to give any information in the possession of such person which the Registrar may require for the purpose of his duties under this Part.

(5) (a) Without prejudice to subsection (4), the Registrar may require from any political party which applies for registration (including registration of an emblem) in, or for amendment of, the Register all such information as the Registrar reasonably requires for the determination of the application, and the Registrar may refuse the application of any party which fails or refuses to give any information so required of it under this section.

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the authority of the Registrar to request information, it shall be the duty of every political party which applies for registration (including the registration of an emblem) in, or for amendment of, the Register to provide to the Registrar such information as may be necessary to enable the Registrar to consider the application.
(c) The Registrar may require that -

(i) information furnished for the purposes of this Part shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration made by the person by whom the information is furnished (or by such other person as the Registrar considers appropriate in the circumstances) that, to the best of the person's knowledge and belief, the information is correct in every material respect and that the person has taken all reasonable steps in order to be satisfied as to the accuracy of the information;
(ii) any statement in relation to the number of recorded members of a party shall be certified by a public auditor.

(d) In paragraph (c) ‘public auditor’ means a public auditor, for the purposes of the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1978, and the Friendly Societies Acts, 1896 to 1977.

(6) (a) Where a party is registered in the Register as a party organised to contest a particular type or types of election, the registration shall have effect only in relation to elections of the type or types concerned.

(b) Where a party is registered in the Register as a party organised to contest an election or elections in a specified part of the State, the registration shall have effect only in relation to that part of the State.

(7) Not later than the third day (disregarding any excluded day) after the day of the issuing under section 39 of the writ or writs at a Dáil election, the Registrar shall send to the returning officer or each returning officer, as the case may be, a copy of the Register then in force, including a copy of the emblems of political parties registered in it.

(8) The Minister for Finance shall, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, pay to the Registrar the amount of his reasonable charges, not exceeding such amount as may be sanctioned by that Minister, in respect of the performance by the Registrar of his duties under this Part.
Gaeltacht Act 2012, Section 23(m)

(9) The Register of Political Parties in force at the commencement of section 11 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2001, shall be deemed to be the Register prepared and maintained under this Part.