Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector
9:00 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
We work as part of the group that co-ordinates it across. We are very supportive of the initiative. It is more a digital identity. The card is a physical manifestation of it. When one gets a card one can put it in one's pocket, wallet or bottom drawer and not look at it again. In effect, it is a process where we can establish a digital identity so that we know who the person is behind one's tablet, smartphone or computer. That means one can access services more efficiently with us. One has a situation where people can now claim social welfare or pay their taxes.
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