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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Community Development Committees (25 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to expand the funding for local community development committees based on population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27989/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (25 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 579. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the Ballymun a Brighter Future Report (details supplied) published in March 2021; and if she will meet stakeholders involved in the report. [17151/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (25 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 580. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her progress to date on the commitment on page 85 of the Programme for Government to Expand the Dublin North East Inner City Model to other comparative areas experiencing disadvantage; and if the Ballymun - A Brighter Future report can be included in this model. [18419/21]

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

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the parties being here today. We invited them to see if the electoral reform Bill was ambitious enough and it is fair to say the new electoral commission, for which we have been waiting nearly 30 years, has a lot of work to do, based on the discussions we have had. I benefit from the questions my colleagues have already asked so I will focus on certain areas. It appears from...

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

Paul McAuliffe: In answer to Deputy Higgins' questions, Deputy Ó Broin appeared to suggest data from the marked register was being combined with the electoral register.

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

Paul McAuliffe: So Sinn Féin is cross-referencing two different data sources without a data protection officer or a data protection impact assessment.

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

Paul McAuliffe: That is a "yes" or "no" question. Is Sinn Féin doing that or not?

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

Paul McAuliffe: Sinn Féin is cross-referencing the marked register, which normally arrives in PDF, with the electoral register. Is that correct?

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

Paul McAuliffe: Is that available for more than one constituency?

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

Paul McAuliffe: Is Sinn Féin doing that in more than one constituency?

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

Paul McAuliffe: Sinn Féin has access to a database separate from the marked register of people who have voted, in more than one constituency.

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

Paul McAuliffe: Are there officials with access to more than one constituency?

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

Paul McAuliffe: Does nobody in Sinn Féin have access to more than one constituency?

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

Paul McAuliffe: Sinn Féin holds a database of who has voted in more than one constituency, something which even the State does not have.

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

Paul McAuliffe: Has Sinn Féin combined that with the marked register?

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

Paul McAuliffe: Sinn Féin has created a database in more than one constituency which records whether someone did or did not vote and the State does not have such a database.

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

Paul McAuliffe: The Deputy said that and I take his answer. Sinn Féin did that without a data protection officer or a data protection impact assessment. I believe that is a breach of data, that that data was collected illegally and that it should be deleted. I move onto Sinn Féin Facebook strategy. Deputy Ó Broin states they are separate processes and I accept his bona fides on that....

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

Paul McAuliffe: Sinn Féin has collected that data.

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

Paul McAuliffe: Sinn Féin did that without a data protection officer or a data protection impact assessment.

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

Paul McAuliffe: Facebook's terms and conditions say one should lawfully collect data. Therefore, if-----