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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (27 May 2020)

Shane Ross: Online applications for a learners permit can only be accepted with a Public Services card. As the Deputy will appreciate, a driving licence or learners permit is an important legal document, and before it can be issued, the identify of the applicant must be established beyond doubt. For that reason, an individual who does not have a PSC must present to the NDLS offices with a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (8 May 2019)

Shane Ross: ...permit the recording and retention of passport details, the use of a passport for identification purposes was discontinued. If a driving license cannot be produced at the NCT Test Centre, the use of a Public Services Card for identification purposes is permitted. The recorded identification details allows the Road Safety Authority (RSA) to trace cars for follow-up quality inspections,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: It is Government policy to integrate the Public Services Card (PSC) into all public service provision. In line with this policy, I amended regulations earlier this year to allow the PSC to be used as an optional but not mandatory form of identity in applications for driving licences. The Road Safety Authority, which is responsible for the driver theory test, has required a PSC as a form of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Services Card (12 Jun 2018)

Shane Ross: It is Government policy to integrate the Public Services Card (PSC) into applications across the range of Government services. Use of a single form of ID will reduce the burden on both individuals and the administration of the State. The Public Services Card (PSC) became an optional form of proof of ID for the National Driver Licensing Service (NDLS) from 9 April 2018. The possibility...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (29 May 2018)

Shane Ross: ...system not going ahead. It is now due for implementation from 5 June 2018, rather than the original intended date of 30 April 2018. It will be necessary for users of the online system to have a Public Services Card (PSC). This is because any online system must be underpinned by a robust 'real world' system of identity verification, which is in turn supportable through an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Driver Licensing Service (20 Mar 2018)

Shane Ross: ...and manner of an application for a driving licence, and the documents which must accompany an application. The revision of the driver licensing application process to allow for the inclusion of the Public Services Card (PSC) as evidence of identity verification and authentication will be provided for in regulations, which are currently being drafted. The use of the PSC to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (27 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: ...the Deputy the following - . From 9 April, there will be a new system of identification involved.  As of that date, applicants appearing at a National Driver Licensing Service centre will be asked to produce a Public Services Card (PSC).  There will also be an online system available. The introduction of the PSC is part of a Government policy to reduce the burden of applications...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (27 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: The roll-out of use of the Public Services Card (PSC) in driver licensing applications is part of the Government's strategy for reducing burdens on the citizen, as well as part of the eGovernment strategy for making applications possible online. Currently, numerous public services require people to produce proof of identity, with many different agencies and services across the whole range...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: ...a new system of identification verification involved in the driver licensing process.  As of that date, applicants appearing at a National Driver Licensing Service centre will be asked to produce a Public Services Card (PSC).  There will also be an online system available.  The introduction of the PSC is part of a Government policy to reduce the burden of applications...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Driver Licensing Service (21 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: If I may first clarify a point, the Public Services Card (PSC) is currently required when presenting for the Driver Theory Test, and is not asked for as part of the application process for the learner permit. Numerous Government Departments and agencies offer services to the public which require robust ID provisions. The consequence over many years has been that members of the public are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Regulations (21 Nov 2017)

Shane Ross: ...successive governments and enshrined in law since 2005 as part of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act of that year - to reduce this burden, and the administrative burden on the State, by making the Public Services Card (PSC) a one-stop-shop for ID verification. Under the 2005 legislation, 'specified bodies' - which include the Road Safety Authority - may require production of the PSC...

Seanad: Driving Test Waiting Times: Statements (25 Oct 2017)

Shane Ross: ...on the website every week. The figures change every single week, and it is important to be up to date. I do not know the answers to Senator Higgins's questions, in particular the question on the public services card, but I will think about them and come back to her.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (11 Sep 2017)

Shane Ross: ...or study.  In these case, Irish law currently allows people to apply by post rather than appearing in person at an office of the National Driver Licensing Service. There is no requirement to produce a Public Services Card (PSC) as part of the driver licensing application process.  However, under the Government's eGovernment strategy, a target of March 2018 has been set...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (11 Sep 2017)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1571 and 1572 together. The Public Services Card (PSC) is not at present required as part of the application process for a driving licence or the application process for a driving test. It is a matter of Government policy - and has been for a number of years under successive Governments - to aim for what is called the SAFE 2 - Standard Authentication...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (26 Jul 2017)

Shane Ross: ​The application process for a driving licence does not currently require the production of a Public Services Card (PSC).  It is however intended to make this a requirement at some point in 2018. The PSC is governed by the terms of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005.  That Act lists a number of what are called 'specified bodies' which may request production of a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Regulations (31 May 2017)

Shane Ross: ...that the Road Safety Authority (which has responsibility for the driver theory test) has been working closely with the Department of Social Protection in the implementation of this change. The Public Services Card (PSC) is available to any person with a PPS Number over 16 years of age. Face-to-face registration for a Public Services Card is called SAFE (Standard Authentication...