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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Salary Increase for Position of Secretary General at the Department of Health: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: The committee is meeting to resume pre-legislative scrutiny of the electoral reform Bill 2020. We will later suspend for ten minutes to reconvene in private session to discuss correspondence. This morning, we are joined remotely by Dr. Theresa Reidy, head of the department of government and politics at UCC, and Dr. Jane Suiter, associate professor in the school of communications at DCU....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. Suiter for her submission and opening statement and the recommendation on further people we may want to engage with. One of the problems we have with committee meetings is that we are very restricted in time, so what we may do is seek a written submission from those recommended. We will move on to questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I think there will be quite a few questions on the online advertising aspect of this. I will invite Senator Moynihan to ask her questions now because she has to attend another engagement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am sorry but I think we have lost our connection to Dr. Reidy temporarily. Can Dr. Suiter still hear us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: Would Dr. Reidy like to start again on the last point she was making?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: Yes, we did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: Dr. Suiter referred to the EU's Digital Services Act and how the Bill may require redrafting or amendment. Perhaps we could come back to that at some point and Dr. Suiter could elaborate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: Would Dr. Reidy or Dr. Suiter like to contribute on those points?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: Senator Boyhan is next on the list if he wishes to go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I have a question on the digital registration process for people who can register remotely or online. Rule 28 says something along the lines of "where practicable". Does Dr. Suiter or Dr. Reidy have any concerns about the way that is written? Does this refer to it being practicable for the person register online or remotely or practicable for the local authority to enable it? We all know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: Unfortunately, we have lost Dr. Reidy again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: There is still that local knowledge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: We discussed real-time access to information in previous conversations. Do the platforms on which that information would be accessed archive that information? Is that information then available afterwards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: Does the archive information contain the same extent of information as the live information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: On communication expertise, this committee asked whether the commission should have any role in regulating postering during elections and referendums, as in limiting the numbers of posters. When the posters go up, it is something that sparks a lot of conversation. There does not seem to be much conversation when the posters come down. Would that be too prescriptive? We spoke about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: I do not see her on the screen any more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: Who wants to go first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2021)

Steven Matthews: Thank you, Dr. Reidy. We are out of time but we might return to answer Senator Fitzpatrick's question later. I call on Deputy Gould.