Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is a finding with which the Minister does not agree. I would question that the 3.2 million people who have the cards are all delighted and happy about it. While they already have the cards, it does not justify the retention of their data after the fact. If the Minister complied with the commissioner's third finding tomorrow, a person could still use his or her PSC, with the signature and the photograph, and could access all of the services available. Everybody would be satisfied, SAFE 2 would continue to get the services, and the Minister simply would not have the additional file on the person. In the Minister's survey - it involved 1,000 people and is, therefore, very small in the context of the 3.2 million cards issued - people were most dissatisfied with the retention of their records after the fact. This had the highest level of dissatisfaction.

On the fifth finding, which relates to privacy and the privacy statement, we are aware that the data protection officer in the Department changed the privacy statement to reflect biometrics being recognised as part of it. At the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts, the Data Protection Commissioner was clear that she is of the view that the Department collects biometric information. The Department's data protection officer, whose charge is the link between citizens and their data protection rights within the Department, was removed and replaced. Am I right that this-----