Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Ó Broin. We will now move to head 122 and the concerns regarding the appointment of a responsible person. The term "responsible person" as set out in the in the heads of the Bill is a term already provided for in the Electoral Act as being a person in authority within either a third party or the accounting unit of a political party. Its inclusion in this Bill may be considered necessary to ensure consistency with the existing electoral code. As I said, the term "responsible person" already exists in the Electoral Act. The concern of Facebook appears to be that there are substantial privacy and commercial confidentiality issues with the appointment of that responsible person if it is a third party. It could be included in the contract advertisement that the responsible person will be appointed and it may be a third party? It is possible to overcome this issue as well.