Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister to a make a statement on the public services card. While he addressed the issue earlier, I ask him to make a statement in response to the serious concerns raised by the Comptroller and Auditor General in his report. The Minister referred to the report but did not refer to the issues highlighted in it regarding the serious concerns expressed by the Data Protection Commissioner. What has the Minister learned from the report and the concerns of the Data Protection Commissioner? The public services card project commenced in 2004, yet we do not have legislation 13 years afterwards.

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