Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

It is also my main concern that it would be more difficult for the relatives of older people and of people with a disability to access payments for them.

In my usual portfolio of transport, we are pursuing the new smart card for the Dublin transport system. The comment has been made that there is much scope for integrating a transport smart card with other facilities. Have officials from the Department of Social and Family Affairs spoken to the transport authorities or the banks about more streamlined services? There is capacity for many technical activities on cards, such as the Oyster card on the London transport system.

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