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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)
Eoin Ó Broin: No. Keep in mind that, in many cases, we do not get the finer detail of their personal data. If we do get it and it is given consensually, it is to reply back to them in terms of the outcomes of the survey or issues related to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Not in that way. If we advertise, it is using the standard tools on Facebook, including the targeting tools it provides.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I fully agree with the Deputy's last point, which is why we do not do any of the things he said. We have-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Deputy for the question. I got advice from the party's data protection officer and from other party members in the head office who would advise on all of these things. The letter that was issued to all parties asked for the general secretary or his or her nominee. I am the nominee of our general secretary, which is what this committee asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Senator Boyhan for his questions. With respect to ending the marked register, I am personally agnostic on it. I do not think the party has ever been asked to take a position. It is a useful tool to assist increased voter turnout. Given that in some areas there is declined voter turnout, I would carefully weigh the pros and cons of what the Senator is proposing. It is certainly...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: As the Senator is aware, I am not a lawyer, so let me try my best-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I am and I will do my best to answer. The legal basis for the information we collect in canvasses and put in the Abú system is section 48 of the Data Protection Act 2018. We believe all of the information on the system is fully compliant with that and, as the Senator is aware, the Data Protection Commissioner is currently engaging extensively with my party. If that office has any...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: We believe we are, first of all-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: We will strictly follow the advice and guidance of the Data Protection Commissioner on that and all issues related to this matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: We will take our guidance from the Data Protection Commissioner and be fully compliant with the law as recommended by the officeholder whose statutory function is to regulate all of these matters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I do not know. I am here to answer questions relating to the Abú system, which is from 2019, and the Electoral Reform Act. I am happy to answer questions on the issues I was invited to speak to.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: In the years preceding the Abú system and in the years the Abú system has been there, the party has had lots of IT expenditure and lots of other online facilities including websites, etc. The SIPO requirements allow us to stipulate the way it is presented in our returns. As I stated when asked earlier about the costing of the Abú system, I am more than happy to request that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: No, absolutely not. We do not employ any of those services. It refers to the people who do the hard graft of getting other people, such as me, elected, including canvassers and volunteers as well as members of the election directorate of the individual candidates at a general election or local election level.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Whoever wrote that needs to learn how to construct English language sentences properly. My understanding is that when one is entitled, as we are under section 48 of the Act, to gather certain forms of information about voting intentions for the purposes of contesting elections - and that is what this is all about - one can do so for a specified period and, therefore, see, for example,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I do not think I could be more clear.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: It is a completely fair question. That is the sentence on which I have commented publicly to say it is very badly worded. To be clear, if somebody engages with me on social media in the course of an election campaign, what I would like to be able to do is canvass that person on the doorstep. If I engage with the person and he or she consensually lets me know where he or she lives, then...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: We will first seek advice from the Data Protection Commissioner. Subject to her advice, we will absolutely assist the committee in whatever way possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: Does the Chairman wish for me to respond?
- Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)
Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 13: After section 31E, to insert the following new section: "Report on Application of a 17 per cent Stamp Duty Charge on the Purchase of Residential Property by Investment Funds 31F. The Minister shall within 14 days from the passing of this Resolution prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the imposition of a 17 per cent stamp duty charge on the...