John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not suggesting a conspiracy and I very much appreciate that it is crucial that a person’s identity be established to the satisfaction of everyone to ensure there is not fraudulent misappropriation of payments. I understand that fully.

The Minister spoke in detail about this case. We were trying to get a sense of how many other people were like this and I asked another question which the Minister did not answer very directly. The Minister spoke about the 2005 Act. That Act has been amended 35 times. It is quite a complex issue for someone to follow because of all the amendments. Is it possible within the Department to identify those people who have either been refused or had payments stopped pending SAFE 2, although I understand they produced other documents such as passports? The Minister did not say whether passports would satisfy the identity issue for the Minister or the Department.

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