Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. I have a question regarding Part 5 of the Bill and the wider use of PPS numbers. There has been a lot of debate over the years about the use of PPS numbers, which I understand are the property of the Department of Social Protection. Would that be correct? That was one of the reasons given that it was not legislated for. Will this Bill, under Part 5, now put that to bed? Will the Department of Health have equal rights to the PPS number, which is effectively a unique identifier number?