Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 32:

In page 37, line 12, to delete “Commission” and substitute “Registrar”

The pairing of this amendment with amendment No. 70 may not quite work but I am happy to speak to the amendments in turn.

Amendment No. 32 is a drafting clarification in respect of appeals against decisions of the chief executive in his or her role as registrar of political parties.

Amendment No. 70 aims to provide for an increase in the number of unique monthly users that an online platform would need to have, for at least seven months over the preceding 12 months, in order to have obligations under Part 4 of the Bill. The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that very small online platforms with a relatively limited circulation would be exempt from the administrative burden of having to comply with the identification and verification checks as set out in Part 4, as well as the record-keeping requirements as they relate to online paid political advertisements during electoral periods.