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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: The Deputy is not a lawyer but he is here to answer for the party in respect of the system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Is the Deputy's party publishing the DPIA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: It is a "Yes" or "No" question. Is the Deputy's party publishing the DPIA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Best practice suggests it needs to publish the DPIA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: The Abú system was created in 2019, yet the 2018 accounts for Sinn Féin show computer and IT expenditure of €116,000. The accounts for 2019 show an expenditure of €88,500, while the accounts for the Six Counties in the same year show an expenditure of €41,500. What was that expenditure on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: This is about the use of the electoral register and the Sinn Féin privacy notice as published in the public domain states categorically that the Abú system is the electoral register and marked register, yet the Deputy cannot account for the expenditure on IT and computers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: All right. On the issue of the legitimate interest, Sinn Féin states it uses the data "in our legitimate interest of pursuing our political activities", those of Sinn Féin, that is, and that it does not disclose the data to third parties "other than those who provide a service to us which requires access to our database". Does that include third parties who operate data analytics?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: That goes beyond the obligations under data protection and the principles of GDPR, namely, data minimisation and having restricted access. It goes way beyond that when one is disclosing the sort of information around hard, soft or strong opposition and when a person voted. There is clearly potential in the Abú system for analytics and statistics. There are clear options in it to go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: The section referring to the disclosure of information suggests that includes disclosure to database developers. Does the Abú system employ blockchain technology?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Is the Deputy saying that absolutely and categorically?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Coming back to the manual and bearing in mind that the Deputy is one of the trainers-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Excuse me, Deputy, you have had your time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Deputy Gould has had his time. It is clear there is a cover-up going on if he needs to talk over me in the same way that Mr. Carroll, the Fine Gael general secretary, was not allowed to answer his question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: No, I had not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: The manual states: "“You can use the search function in the Abú system to find the person you have engaged with online, tag them as a social media engager and follow up with a canvass on their doorstep". That implies that more than the electoral register is being stored on the Abú system as it has that facility and that is stated in black and white in the manual.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Actually, the privacy notice is silent on consent and it relies on legitimate interest. Sinn Féin is failing in the transparency obligations in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: The voter actions of 3.5 million people have been recorded unlawfully.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: This amendment is about dismantling the LDA. The whole purpose of the agency is to streamline the use of State-owned lands into facilitating the provision of housing. That anybody could possibly put forward an argument to inhibit or prevent that is absolutely bananas. It follows the trajectory and pattern of voting against housing schemes in local authorities by Senator Warfield's party....

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (28 May 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: It does not stack up.