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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (21 Apr 2021)

Willie O'Dea: 1102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether credit unions and other financial institutions should be allowed the option of accepting the public services card as one of a number of possible identification documents when opening an account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18217/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 May 2020)

Willie O'Dea: 929. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the public services card in addition to the action of the Data Protection Commissioner on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7137/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (4 Dec 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received an enforcement notice from the Data Protection Commissioner in respect of the public services card, PSC; if the course of action she will take has been decided if enforcement proceedings have been issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50497/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (28 Nov 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 243. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a public services card will be required to access the new childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49461/19]

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

Willie O'Dea: ...to say that it can be used for purposes other than social welfare provided an alternative system is in place which people can opt to use if they wish. We on this side of the House recognise that the public services card has been very useful. I know many people in my constituency who prefer to access social welfare and some other services by just producing the public services card. It is...

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

Willie O'Dea: ...enforcement notices. What is the position? Will the Government legislate in this area? Will it fight the Data Protection Commissioner through the courts? Will it accept, based on the fact that while the public services card is very useful and many people find it convenient and are happy to use it, those who do not want to use it for services other than social welfare should not be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the public services card and the findings of the Data Protection Commissioner on same; if enforcement proceedings have been issued by the Data Protection Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43652/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...? Is that the position? There is no final definitive decision on that. Is the Minister aware the Data Protection Commissioner is currently doing a study on the biometric implications of the public services card? Does she have any comment to make on that? With respect to the Minister's statement, which she has made a number of times, that to comply with the instructions of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (23 Oct 2019)

Willie O'Dea: Is the Minister familiar with the conclusion of the Data Protection Commissioner that in some cases the public services card makes access to a service more difficult, for example, when one must artificially produce the card when identify verification was not required in the past with respect to, say, school transport appeals. Has that practice been discontinued? Would the Minister like to...

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...was instigated by Fianna Fáil. Is she aware the legislation we introduced is the legislation which the Data Protection Commissioner found does not provide any legal underpinning for extending the public services card to other bodies? Does the Minister accept the open conflict between the Government and the Data Protection Commissioner sends out a bad signal to people looking in...

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...a number of other public bodies, such as the Road Safety Authority and the Departments of Children and Youth Affairs and Foreign Affairs and Trade, have decided not to insist on the production of a public services card to access the services they provide. That indicates that those bodies are much less certain of the legality of the matter than is the Minister. She must also be aware of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ..., including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Road Safety Authority, and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, have backed off from demanding an individual be compelled to produce a public services card to avail of services they offer? Does that indicate that they do not have as much faith in the Office of the Attorney General as the Minister appears to have?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to challenge the findings of the report from the Data Protection Commission on the subject of the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38825/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: I realise that we are having a debate later this afternoon on the public services card. I want to get a preliminary view on the Government's current thinking on the matter and on where we are.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...for this and other parties for introducing legislation but that was precisely the legislation which the Data Protection Commissioner concluded does not allow the Government to act or misuse the public services card in the way it is attempting to do.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Authentication (12 Mar 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...if her attention has been drawn to a recent opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor (details supplied) in the context of the ongoing controversy in relation to the roll-out of the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11733/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: EU Regulations (12 Feb 2019)

Willie O'Dea: ...regarding national ID cards and biometrics; the reason Ireland is seeking to opt out of measures at EU level that mirror measures being introduced at the national level with respect to the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6621/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (22 Jan 2019)

Willie O'Dea: 652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the investigation by the Data Protection Commissioner into the public services card has been completed; if so, the findings of this investigation; the actions that will be taken on foot of the investigation; her plans to publish the report by the Data Protection Commissioner; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Jul 2018)

Willie O'Dea: 543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner is expected to conclude its investigation into the public services card; if all activity on the roll-out of this card has been suspended until the investigation has concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31145/18]

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

Willie O'Dea: ...every time one is looking for a passport or whatever. As Mr. Lowry has pointed out, it is very important that we be digitally up with our competitors. On the controversy that has surrounded the public services card, Mr. Duggan says that if one produces the SAFE 2 evidence, one may get a card. Is that automatic? If someone applies for some sort of welfare benefit and produces the...