Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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One of the concerns of some people was that with the range of different Departments using it for different processes, such as driver licences, it was almost turning into a national identity card by stealth. If we are to have one, we should have a debate and it should not happen by stealth. There were question marks over the legal status of Departments to use the card. I would have thought that when it was being set up, it would have been given a considerable degree of consideration. As Mr. McKeon says, if there is a cost it should not have to be repeated with multiple cards, for example. What kind of engagement occurred?