Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 May 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am and I will do my best to answer. The legal basis for the information we collect in canvasses and put in the Abú system is section 48 of the Data Protection Act 2018. We believe all of the information on the system is fully compliant with that and, as the Senator is aware, the Data Protection Commissioner is currently engaging extensively with my party. If that office has any concerns, it will let Sinn Féin know and we will address those concerns. We are-----

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