Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 May 2024
Public Accounts Committee
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education
9:30 am
Ms Bernie McNally:
Yes, it is at the moment. As the Deputy knows, to avail of the MyGovID digital postbox, people have to have a public services card. The Deputy is aware that it is not compulsory and you cannot force people to have a public services card, but many in the population are choosing to do so. At the moment, we are relying on that but it means people have the right to continue to have a paper payslip.