Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regarding Deputy Wallace's point on the coercion of data, it does not state anywhere in the Bill or in any other legislation that information will be coerced from somebody, but to avail of services and to be able to interact with the State, I am sure the Deputy will accept that the State must be able to verify who a person is and it must be able to verify identity. That is key to this. As a State, we must be able to stand over how we verify a person's identity.

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