Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

Deputy Ring and I live in the west. In the area in which I reside, people are more advanced than that. The Deputy is not opposing the specific technology proposed in the Bill, he is opposing the use of any electronic technology for signing on, regardless of how simple it is to operate. I am of the view that he is wrong in opposing this measure but I accept that he has a right to do so. However, what the Deputy is actually opposing is the installation of electronic signing pads in social welfare offices and I want him to be aware of that fact.

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