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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I will address amendments Nos. 5, 21, 22 and 24 together as they all relate to the placement of Irish language proficiency requirements on the ordinary members, staff, chairperson and chief executive of the commission. At the outset, I will say that I appreciate the rationale behind such requirements. However, as highlighted in pre-legislative scrutiny process, the commission requires a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy. He is absolutely right to seek to ensure that we meet these Irish language competency requirements. However, I think it would not be a good idea to include the requirements in legislation outside of the provisions of the Official Languages Acts. I can assure the Deputy that our officials will engage with colleagues in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 17, line 2, to delete "a member" and substitute "an ordinary member". Government amendments Nos. 6 to 11, inclusive, clarify, for the avoidance of doubt, that certain terms and conditions set out in section 10, which relate to the length of terms office, reappointments and resignations, apply only to the commission's ordinary members. This is because such...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 17, line 13, to delete “a member” and substitute “an ordinary member”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 17, lines 14 and 15, to delete “a member” and substitute “an ordinary member”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 17, line 16, to delete “a member” and substitute “an ordinary member”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 10: In page 17, line 22, to delete “a member” and substitute “an ordinary member”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 17, line 25, to delete “A member” and substitute “An ordinary member”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 12: In page 17, line 35, to delete “if he or she is” and substitute “if he or she”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 13: In page 17, line 36, to delete “a member” and substitute “is a member”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 15: In page 17, line 39, to delete “a member” and substitute “is a member”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 16: In page 17, line 39, to delete “authority.” and substitute “authority;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 17: In page 17, after line 39, to insert the following: “(d) does not possess a tax clearance certificate issued to him or her under section 1095 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.”. This Government amendment will set a requirement that a person must be tax compliant to be eligible for membership of the electoral commission. I believe this is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 18: In page 18, line 1, to delete “a member” and substitute “an ordinary member”. This amendment clarifies that provisions for the disqualification of members are with regard to the commission’s ordinary members. The disqualification provisions will not apply to the ex officio positions, namely, the Clerk of the Dáil and the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: This is important and I thank the Deputy for the proposed amendment. I will give a commitment that we will give it consideration between now and Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 23: In page 21, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(5) Where a person who holds judicial office in the Superior Courts is appointed to be the chairperson, the following provisions shall have effect: (a) where such person, on being appointed, is a judge of the Supreme Court, other than the Chief Justice or a judge who is ex officioan additional...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I intend to take amendments Nos. 25, 28 and 29 together, as they place responsibilities on the commission in respect of the prominence of the Irish language in the electoral and democratic processes. I again thank Deputy Ó Snodaigh for these amendments and we appreciate the good intent behind them. In respect of amendments Nos. 25 and 28, I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I assure the Deputy that the commission will carry out reviews after every electoral event and that lessons will be learned. The opportunity to input to that will be important. There is a good robustness to that so that we ensure that if mistakes are made at an electoral event, lessons will be learned and the commission will be able to make recommendations based on that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I am taking amendments Nos. 27, 31, 40, 42, 45 and 50 together. They relate to the use by the commission of the Irish language in its communications and the use of the Irish names of constituencies in electoral events generally. I am satisfied that current electoral events are carried out with equal emphasis on each of the State’s official languages. It is current practice that the...