Results 1-6 of 6 for mygovid speaker:Alice-Mary Higgins

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: In terms of misinformation, the advertisement for the childcare scheme said that a MyGovID was required and this was not helpful. The Minister has just stated that people need PPS numbers, obtained through the Minister's Department, in order to access the scheme. A PPS number can only be issued by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, but it is very clear in the Data...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Digital Literacy in Adults: Discussion (19 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...that 57% is the average across European countries, we are extraordinarily far beneath the European average. Looking at this, I think as well about the acceleration of initiatives such as MyGovID. Soon that is predominantly how we will access childcare; increasingly, it may become how we access medical appointments; it may become how we access driver licences and so on. What are the...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...as an identity card for different purposes. Amendment No. 16 proposes the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): "(3) A specified body which accepts a Public Services Card, MyGovID or entry in the Single Customer View Dataset as an appropriate means of identification for the purposes of a transaction must also set out and offer alternative methods by which a person...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...263 of Principal Act 6. Section 263 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):“(3) A specified body which accepts a Public Services Card, MyGovID or entry in the Single Customer View Dataset as an appropriate means of identification for the purposes of a transaction must also set out and offer alternative methods by which a...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...to deal with the same issue. This is a last effort to implore the Minister to ensure that for a period of at least six months following the enactment of the Act she does not make the public services card, MyGovID or inclusion in the single customer view dataset mandatory or as the only acceptable means by which she can be satisfied as to the identity of an individual seeking access to...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 Oct 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...the following:“10. The Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection shall, for a period of at least six months following the enactment of this Act, ensure that a Public Services Card, MyGovID or inclusion in the Single Customer View Dataset are not treated as mandatory or as the only acceptable means by which the Minister can be satisfied as to the identity of an...