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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?

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

Paul McAuliffe: If somebody replies to a survey, Sinn Féin does not advertise to that person.

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 Sinn Féin advertise back to them?

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

Paul McAuliffe: There is a lot of work to do on online political advertising. I think voters knowing that Sinn Féin records whether they voted or not on an active database and knowing that if they contact Sinn Féin about a problem, Sinn Féin will use it to target them for advertising rather than solving the problem, are issues which are not healthy in a democracy. They are not unique to Sinn...

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 thank Deputy Ó Broin.