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- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Shane Cassells: Turning quickly to another of our embassies, that in the Holy See, have resources been added there to the detail of the ambassador, Ms Madigan, since its reopening? Financially, was it the drain on resources it was made out to be at the time of the closure?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Shane Cassells: I am asking whether, since its reopening, it has proven to have been a drain on resources or otherwise.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Shane Cassells: That is an important point. The Secretary General has acknowledged that it adds a value disproportionate to its cost. Would there be work between our ambassador there and the Vatican in respect of the visit of the Holy Father to this country in August of this year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Shane Cassells: In respect of the passports, it was outlined to Deputy Farrell that three machines are working and how the difficulties are not at a technical, physical level but in terms of the checks and so forth. Mr. Burgess touched on the strategy in terms of communication going back to the earlier part of the year and focusing at a local level and on local media. What lessons have been learned from...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Shane Cassells: Can Ms Penollar categorise those contacts in terms of emails, phone calls, person to person contact and so on?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Shane Cassells: At the micro level, in terms of resolving and working through people's queries, is it simply a case of acknowledgement or is it more substantive in respect of the communication that is actually happening? That is the biggest issue. It is one thing acknowledging a representation, phone call or email. How is it panning out in terms of actually following that through to an end result?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Shane Cassells: I have a final question. With regard to elections, there has been much talk of extending the franchise to Irish citizens abroad. I sit on the Seanad electoral reform group myself. That has been spoken about with regard to elections too. Many other countries use their embassies abroad to facilitate that with elections. What opinion do the witnesses have about replicating that? Would we...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Shane Cassells: Is that because of the number of citizens abroad or that we do not have enough of a presence in certain areas? What practicality issues would there be?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Shane Cassells: I thank the Department for that response. I raised the issue of online voting with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government yesterday, stressing that point. We have seen it in smaller nations which have increased their franchise, even in domestic parliamentary elections. There is a big distinction between electronic voting and online voting. Online voting allows one to...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Shane Cassells: Sorry to cut across Deputy Farrell. The late Simon Cumbers was from Navan and I know his parents very well. I pay tribute to that fund and the journalistic work.
- Other Questions: Election Management System (20 Jun 2018)
Shane Cassells: We can all agree that voting on paper is technically simple. A person goes to a polling station and writes a number. I hope it would be a No. 1 beside Shane Cassells and that would be that.
- Other Questions: Election Management System (20 Jun 2018)
Shane Cassells: Online voting would make the process of voting for Shane Cassells or anybody else in Meath West even simpler. It would also be a recognition of the reality of the world in which we live. It would help younger people to engage with the democratic process. Young people are accessing information on online portals and there is an opportunity to use the same medium to allow them to vote. If we...
- Other Questions: Election Management System (20 Jun 2018)
Shane Cassells: It is a disgrace that the Deputy is using the opportunity presented by my parliamentary question to claim online voting would not be implemented with great care. It is disgraceful that he is trying to thwart and pervert this discussion.
- Other Questions: Election Management System (20 Jun 2018)
Shane Cassells: I am in control.
- Other Questions: Election Management System (20 Jun 2018)
Shane Cassells: I have no problem with you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I refer to Deputy Durkan's remarks.
- Other Questions: Election Management System (20 Jun 2018)
Shane Cassells: I appreciate that.
- Other Questions: Election Management System (20 Jun 2018)
Shane Cassells: It is still shocking.
- Other Questions: Election Management System (20 Jun 2018)
Shane Cassells: He needs protection.
- Other Questions: Election Management System (20 Jun 2018)
Shane Cassells: 29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has examined the possibility of using online voting for elections; his views on whether it could encourage greater voter participation in the democratic process if it were utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26869/18]
- Other Questions: Election Management System (20 Jun 2018)
Shane Cassells: Will the Minister of State outline the possibilities for using online voting for our elections? Will he examine whether this would encourage greater voter participation in our democracy? I met with Albert Royo-Mariné and Gov2U promoting e-democracy across Europe last month. I know the Minister met with him afterwards. Even trialling online voting would be an acceptance of how our...