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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2019)

John Brady: In a very quiet way, the public services card was removed yesterday as a requirement by the Passport Office. Clearly, not all Departments and Government offices share the same confidence as the Taoiseach and the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, that the continued use of the public services card beyond the Department of Employment Affairs and...

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: I want to ask a question on the overall cost of the card. We know €62 million has been spent on the roll-out of the public services card so far. We also know that in the region of €2 million was ploughed into the project of making the public services card a requirement for getting a driving licence. Can we have an overall figure for the roll-out of the card across all...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

John Brady: The Data Protection Commissioner's 172 page report into the public services card provides us with much more than just the findings of her lengthy investigation, which has been ongoing since 2017. It tells us of the flawed arguments put forward by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection that in some instances are totally nonsensical. It also gives us a very clear insight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

John Brady: ...profile cases in which people have had their payments, including pension payments, etc. stopped. In one case a lady had her pension payments stopped for over 18 months because she did not have a public services card, only for them to be restored later. How many other cases have there been to date in which any type of payment has been stopped because the individual did not have a public...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

John Brady: In terms of the continuation of the roll-out of the public services card, from October it will be required for the national childcare scheme. There are also plans to require the public services card for school transport cases that are being appealed. Under the current system, no ID is needed-----

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: ...cited included further services that could not be accessed without a card, including SUSI, the National Driver Licence Service and the national childcare scheme. It is not so much choosing the public services card for convenience but rather having no other option. It was in no way convenient for people needing to apply for a passport to first have to apply for and wait to get a PSC and...

An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Mar 2020)

John Brady: .... People are being urged to make an application online, which is the logical thing to do. However, there is a serious problem. In order to make an application online a person needs to have a public services card. Many people do not have a public services card. To obtain a public services card a person needs to go into the Intreo office. First, this puts more pressure on Intreo....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

John Brady: What we just had was a rehashing of all the Taoiseach's arguments on the perceived benefits of the public services card. The Data Protection Commissioner accepts those points, but she says the process is totally illegal. The collection and retention of individuals' data is completely illegal. I again urge the Taoiseach to issue the third party legal advice. I accept it is the practice...

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

John Brady: It was also a mandatory requirement - not just online - for anybody applying for naturalisation to have a public services card. Coincidentally, that requirement ceased on 16 August, the day after the publication of this report. Is that a coincidence? I do not think so. The Government took a fundamental position of forcing people to get a public services card to acquire these entitlements.

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

John Brady: The Minister misled this committee on a number of occasions with regard to passports. Use of the public services card was a mandatory requirement for first-time passport applicants and applicants whose passport had expired more than five years previously. There was no alternative means of obtaining a passport other than having a public services card. That is a fact. The Minister needs to...

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

John Brady: In every contribution the Minister makes on the public services card she cites the 420,000 public service card holders as a massive success. She then refers to the 600,000 free travel journeys taken every week. She cites various statistics to back up her argument that the card is a massive success and says that is why people are using it. People had no alternative. The Chairman outlined...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jan 2019)

John Brady: I want to ask about the Data Protection Commissioner's report into the public services card, which to date has cost up to €60 million. The report was carried out to examine whether the card and related systems fully complied with Irish law following a number of concerns around the purpose of the card, including the legal basis for its introduction. The Irish Council for Civil...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

John Brady: I raised the case of an old age pensioner having her payment suspended for 18 months because of her legitimate refusal to get a public services card, PSC. I asked about the number of other individuals who have had their payment suspended, curtailed or cut because of their legitimate refusal to get one, due to legal concerns about the card.

An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Mar 2020)

John Brady: ...shutting down their businesses? On the online applications, can the Minister confirm that anyone who goes to register with myGov.ie, which is a requirement to make an online application, does not need a public services card? Up until now, it has been a requirement that one needs a public services card to do so.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (20 Sep 2017)

John Brady: 61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons applying for social welfare payments including those applying for the State pension are required to first apply for a public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39585/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (17 May 2018)

John Brady: 240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will receive the Data Protection Commissioner's report into the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21752/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (17 May 2018)

John Brady: 242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent by her Department on advertising the public services card in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21754/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (19 Feb 2019)

John Brady: 95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the publication of the report by the Data Protection Commissioner into the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7995/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (17 Sep 2019)

John Brady: 639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report carried out by the Data Protection Commission into the public services card will be published. [37261/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

John Brady: -----that not everyone who was issued with a public services card went through the SAFE 2 process. Some did and some did not. How was the differentiation made and how does that combat fraud?