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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (20 May 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on funding for the further education and training sector under the current National Development Plan, part of Project Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26963/21]

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-----

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

Paul McAuliffe: Deputy Ó Broin suggests Sinn Féin do not have access to the data. I suggest Facebook's terms and conditions say one should use lawful means to collect data. We have said Sinn Féin does not have a data protection officer or a data protection impact assessment, which, I assert again, is not a lawful collection of data. Sinn Féin uses that data to microtarget ads. Is 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 does not use any lead generation forms, likes or any results received on Facebook to microtarget ads?