Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This makes complete sense in terms of an administrative and climate change burden. We get packs annually from our local credit union with all the details and a lot of paper and, in many cases, I would imagine this goes into the recycling bin. Some people might scrutinise them, but in today's age, it makes sense that it may not need to be posted out and can be published on a website or elsewhere.

Regarding the provision in this section that allows for the consent of members to be sought and given to move from a paper-based form of communication to an electronic one, it does not stipulate how that consent must be provided. Should it not be very clear that this consent should be provided in the same manner as the credit union provided the information heretofore, that is, a credit union cannot move from a paper-based model to an electronic one where it is published on the website for everybody to find by emailing its members or publishing it on the website. If it is sending out the communication by paper, it should look for the consent to move away from that process using the same method. It is a point that has been raised with me. I can imagine that many people would be happy to get less paper and possibly get the email or see it published on the website but I just wish to make that point.