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Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Róisín Shortall: ...tools will be used in this exercise. It would be very important to establish whether there is a legal basis for that data exchange first. We had those difficulties in the past, with question marks around the public services card. Before any of those data are shared, the exchange has to be in keeping with data protection law. Those are just some of the issues that must be addressed. I...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Services Card (15 Dec 2021)

Róisín Shortall: 14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the mandatory requirement for a public services card to access public services other than that of the Department of Social Protection will be removed in view of the settlement between the Data Protection Commission and the State; if he intends to introduce legislation to make public services cards mandatory for accessing...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Róisín Shortall: ..., and it will not get this if citizens do not trust the Government to be an honest and plain dealer. We have experienced the limits of the Government's coercive approach to data collection in the public services card project. The Road Safety Authority, RSA, was instructed that it was Government policy to force people to get public services cards before it would allow them to get driving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (15 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is now a legal requirement for Irish citizens to have a public services card to renew a passport; if so, the relevant primary or secondary legislation in which this requirement is stated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20814/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (28 Sep 2017)

Róisín Shortall: ...To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has prepared a response to the list of questions submitted to her Department by the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the public services card (details supplied); if she will publish the responses to these questions when they are finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41042/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (26 Sep 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the review into the ongoing attempts to bring the public services card into widespread use; his views on whether the manner in which this has taken place has caused significant public alarm; his plans in relation to the expansion of the card; the legislative steps he plans to introduce to underpin it; and if he...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (26 Sep 2017)

Róisín Shortall: The Department's e-strategy describes the widespread adoption of the public services card as being critical to the success of that strategy. The manner in which the public services card has been rolled out has caused a fair deal of concern and there is significant public apprehension and a lack of trust in regard to the use of the card. I want to know what steps the Minister is taking to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (26 Sep 2017)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister. I think it important to point out that my query is not about the merits of expanding the system. I understand there are very many reasons to introduce a card like the public services card and I readily acknowledge the benefits of wider e-governance. However, these systems require a level of public trust in order for them to function properly. At present I think a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (11 Sep 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an assurance can be given in respect of the security and confidentially of the data held on the public services card and other personal information shared and accessed by Government Departments and their agencies; the legal sanctions which apply to breaches or misuse of this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Sep 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1938. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the private companies which have access to data held on the public services card or wider PSI; the sanctions in place for breach or misuse of this data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39008/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Sep 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1939. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an assurance can be given in respect of the security and confidentially of the data held on the public services card; the legal sanctions which apply breaches or misuse of this data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39010/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (11 Sep 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1932. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the terms of the contract to supply the public services card; the changes to this contract over time; the date for renewal of this contract; her plans in this regard; the company awarded this contract; the dataset provided to produce the cards; the jurisdiction in which they operate; and if she will make a statement on the...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: ...issues that would need to be addressed. What is it all about at the end of the day? Does it actually achieve anything? The most sensible thing by far is to simply drop the section altogether. Two aspects of concern arise relating to the public services card. The first is that many people believe the card is not secure and some agencies do not accept it as identification. There is a...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Future of Health Care: eHealth Ireland (14 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Is the public services card future-proofed from that point of view?