Results 9,801-9,820 of 15,065 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: It is not that the register goes to others; it is that designated officials, during the election, have access to the online system, in the same way, for example, members of other parties might have bespoke systems that they purchase for candidates or constituencies, such as NationBuilder or Ecanvasser.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Senator for the question. I want to confirm that it is contained within the EU. As we said recently on the public record, the Abú system specifically is in Germany.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: With respect to the marked register, that tool is used locally and within the context of local election campaigns, not something that is used centrally. With respect to the Dublin Bay South election, the value of the marked register is that it is an aid to assist in improving turnout. One of the reasons, I understand, that political parties, Independents and candidates have access to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Deputy for the questions. The information would be on voting intentions and it would be very simple information, particularly in terms of whether people are indicating they are intending to vote for Sinn Féin. The information is kept for two electoral cycles.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely, two electoral cycles, depending on the election.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: In response to Deputy O'Callaghan's question, one of the problems of not having the kind of system Sinn Féin has developed in recent years is that Mr. McShea and Mr. Carroll, as he will note from their responses, cannot confirm whether all their individual candidates or elected representatives are fully compliant because they have no ability to do that. They can advise and provide...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Senator for his question and apologies that my presence offends him. All I can say is I guarantee I will answer all his questions directly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: "Yes" is the answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I have worked full time for the party for almost 22 years with a three-year gap when I worked for the not-for-profit sector in a variety of different jobs when I was not an elected representative. I am happy to list those for the Senator if he wishes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Ken O'Connell is the current acting general secretary of the party.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: It has not. No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely. It is an election canvas tool.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Not to the very best of my knowledge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: No constituency information, where somebody comes into the constituency office for the purposes of constituency work, is entered into Abú. Where one has a constituency office, such as mine, that uses paper files, we keep a paper file for constituency purposes. If an Oireachtas Member uses the Oireachtas constituency system, he or she will do that, but there is no crossover between...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: It is not possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: It is not possible, so no it has not been done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I am more than happy to answer the questions, if the Senator would give me just half a second to respond to each one. They are very important questions and I want to give the Senator detailed answers. The training manual was a manual about the use of social media, not about Abú. It is clear, in hindsight, that the person who wrote those particular sentences was not accustomed with the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely not and the safeguard for this is the Commissioner for Data Protection, who is reviewing all of these matters. We are giving her full access to all of this information. She will make her determination on all of this in time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: The straight answer is that I do not know-----