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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It would be useful to get a breakdown of the number of cards which were issued.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: A necessary and proportionate test is relevant here as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Reference was made to the two-day delay before a card goes out but I had mentioned that people have received public services cards who do not recall having engaged actively in any process. That happened in December in particular. Perhaps Mr. Duggan could clarify whether it is one of those circumstances he mentioned earlier?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It was not interaction with the Department but a request for a public services card.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: For example, somebody may have applied for another payment but may not have actively engaged in the SAFE 2 process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I know PSCs were issued to people who were already in receipt of payments.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I know the Department would engage with people but were any PSCs issued without people having known that they were engaging in the SAFE 2 process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I had also-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The photograph is new.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: No. The SAFE 2 standards refer to photographic-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Mr. Lowry might comment also on the questions I asked in relation to the Data Protection Bill which is currently before the Houses. I refer to the exemptions and the fact that a Minister only need consult with the Office of Data Protection Commissioner. As we have seen in the case of the PSC, when the Data Protection Commissioner has raised concern it was followed with an advertisement...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Those are my questions and they were not answered at all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: In the current data sharing-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am sorry, I had one question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Concerns have been expressed that there are gaps in the current data sharing agreements between DPER, that is, Mr. Lowry's Department, and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is also encouraging the roll-out to public services despite the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner's concerns.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: We are hoping for an honest response from the Minister of State in which she engages with our proposals. I imagine how any of us is dressed has little to do with that. I will not reiterate the points Senator Ruane made; they are very detailed arguments. It is clear that we have been listening to the Minister of State. We are not interested in coming in here simply to score political...
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: On a point of order, even though I may not agree with Senator Murnane O'Connor, she spoke to the functions.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: That is the section that is being amended.