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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: Pressing "publish" on the ad has to be done in Ireland but is it possible for any of the other steps to be taken in another country? I apologise for pressing the issue but it is very important in the context of the transparency aspect of this legislation. That is what we are trying to capture in heads 123 to 125, inclusive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I am not happy with the response because it is not clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I would appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I will only take two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I echo many of the comments that have been made about anonymous accounts. It is unacceptable in this day and age. If online banking apps have the capacity to be able to verify identities, there is no reason that online platforms cannot do it. To return to my original question to Facebook relating to advertising, what I am concerned about is outside interference in our democracy. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: However, one can change the attribution setting during campaign creation. If my Ireland manager sets up a draft campaign, is it possible for my manager in Serbia or Germany to go in, add to that campaign, create data sets and then for another advertising manager in Ireland to press the "run" button on it? With all due respect, it is a "Yes" or "No" answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: Requirements are different from a "Yes" or "No" answer. Is it possible for my Ireland manager to set up a draft campaign, entitled "Public Meeting", and for one of my managers in another country, with no connection to this jurisdiction, to add demographics or create further content within that campaign and then for another Ireland manager to press the "run" button, "Yes" or "No"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: It is Mr. Ó Broin's understanding. It would be very important for this committee to have a "Yes" or "No" answer to that question because my understanding from my analysis of the platform is that it is possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I thank Mr. Ó Broin.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I will make one very brief point and ask a question regarding long-term illnesses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, diabetes and cystic fibrosis. I understand some of those cohorts have been split in two, which has resulted in some confusion. A person from counties Kilkenny or Wexford might attend a consultant in counties Kildare or Dublin. Where will a person who falls...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: On the proposal to extend the emergency provisions until October or December, both the Minister of State and the Minister are on record, in the Dáil and in this House last week, regarding the openness of the Department to consider a further extension, after July, should we find ourselves in circumstances that require it. When the Minister for Health was in the Chamber earlier, he...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: To respond to the points just made, some people, albeit not in this House, have suggested that the Government should ignore the Attorney General and allow this to be tested in the courts. The Government must ensure that any legislation which passes is proportionate, legal, constitutional and not open to challenge. The Attorney General has been quite clear in his advice to the Government...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Motion for Earlier Signature (29 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I move: That, pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Residential Tenancies Bill 2021 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation of the Bill to the House and for the urgency with which he and the Department have brought it before the Houses. I suspect there will be some criticism of the decision made last week by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage to waive the pre-legislative scrutiny process but it is important to state that...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I do not know what the Senator is referring to.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: Next Monday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I confirm that I am in Leinster House. It is easy to say that this is the most important legislation that will come before the committee, but I believe that it is because having a secure, comprehensive and accurate electoral register is fundamental to democracy and that without it, we are at nothing. The current register is wholly inadequate. I have beside me a portion of the 120 letters...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: Does Mr. Sunderland believe that it is proportionate in the interests of the integrity of having a secure, comprehensive and accurate register? That is the question. Is that Mr. Sunderland's view? Is that the view of the commission?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I echo many of the comments my colleague, Senator Dolan, made on the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme announced this morning by the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys. In my county of Waterford, €370,000 has been allocated to upgrade and enhance a section from Clonea Road to Ballynacourty, a spur off the Waterford greenway, which is a fantastic amenity that I think everybody...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements (22 Mar 2021)

John Cummins: I will try to make six minutes into two minutes. I thank the Minister. I will try to be brief and confine my points. The national development plan in the context of the national planning framework is very important for areas such as County Waterford, which is identified as one of the strategic areas in the national planning framework for population growth of 30,000 to 35,000 between now...