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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: No, my question is specific. Given that there were just 33 requests for this information to be sought by anybody, does the Minister believe that having that information accessible is proportionate or necessary? It is accessible by the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Therefore, the Department knows the usage information relating to somebody's travel card.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The fact that the identity is known to the Department is part of the issue. The second, fifth and sixth findings in the report are of relevance in this regard. The sixth finding relates to people being clear about the consequences. The second relates to how people's data are used. The Data Protection Commissioner found that people were not adequately informed about how their data would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It was a survey of 1,000 people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have to clarify something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Some 77% of the 1,000 respondents were satisfied with the retention of documents.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: One third of those who participated in the survey were not happy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: In terms of misinformation, the advertisement for the childcare scheme said that a MyGovID was required and this was not helpful. The Minister has just stated that people need PPS numbers, obtained through the Minister's Department, in order to access the scheme. A PPS number can only be issued by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, but it is very clear in the Data...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is a finding with which the Minister does not agree. I would question that the 3.2 million people who have the cards are all delighted and happy about it. While they already have the cards, it does not justify the retention of their data after the fact. If the Minister complied with the commissioner's third finding tomorrow, a person could still use his or her PSC, with the signature...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Perhaps the Minister can clarify that this is not the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: There is a woman with a disability-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: A woman with a disability is this week being denied services because she will not get that card.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: To avail of the means of living people have to get the card. Let us be clear. This is legal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Except social welfare.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The issues around privacy and data retention were my actual questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (21 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Services could continue tomorrow if the Department did not retain the background documentation. Is that the case? I am asking. It is my straightforward question.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Senators Conway-Walsh and McFadden have already highlighted that we are in the midst of the 16 days of action campaign in the context of violence against women. Violence against women is one of the most corrosive elements across all societies internationally. There is no society in which it is not present. The patterns can be seen almost everywhere. Figures indicate that between one in...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will avail of the opportunity to make recommendations on Committee Stage so I will just touch on some of the cross-cutting issues and some of the issues the Minister of State himself raised in his contribution. One key issue I would like him to address when he replies is that of the equality-proofing and gender-proofing of the budget. The Government committed to this. It was spoken about...