Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the questions Deputy Calleary put to me, the procurement process is not being delayed. It is under way. Because we have not got to the point at which the campaign has even begun - we are not at a point yet, indeed, in which the campaign can even be paused - my understanding is that the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner on many of the issues that she raised, as she is entitled to do, around the period in which this card was the subject of much debate.

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