Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 22 January 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Water Treatment (Abstractions) Bill 2020 and Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion
Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I will take the first issue. As far as I am aware, the area around online advertising is really around transparency in regard to who is paying for the advertisement. In a sense, we are probably the first jurisdiction to legislate for this, which is important. Mr. Ryan alluded to the issue around freedom of expression and the content of such advertisements, but what this is really about is the buyer of the advertisement and ensuring the voter has an awareness and understanding of who is paying for the advertisement. It is around that transparency element. I will ask Mr. Ryan to come back in on those other issues the Senator raised in regard to non-citizens and referendums. I thank her for the questions.
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