Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Engagement with Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
2:00 am
Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
Absolutely. As the Deputy may be aware, the Government is investing into apps. The first is the HSE healthcare app, which has been launched in the last months. My team in the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer worked with the HSE to get it to the point where it successfully launched that. That is being rolled out. It is particularly aimed at women going through the maternity services but there is more and more added functionality every number of months. The Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, has been leading that and encouraging people to download it. I encourage people to download it. They can use their verified MyGovID to access it. That same MyGovID is going to form an integral part of the Government wallet. I can see the Chair hurrying me along so I am happy to get into further detail in the next round.
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