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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.

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....

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

John Brady: ...the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she plans to take having received the enforcement notice from the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in respect of the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52891/19]

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...

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: 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.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (1 Oct 2019)

John Brady: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department sought and received legal advice before removing the requirement of the public services card by the Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39837/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Services Card (1 Oct 2019)

John Brady: 536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department sought and received legal advice before removing the public services card as a requirement for certain applications to the National Driver Licence Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39839/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Provision (1 Oct 2019)

John Brady: 548. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to replace the public services card as a requirement for those applying for the national childcare scheme online from October 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39328/19]

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...

Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: ...Was the Minister aware the responses were being sent in 470 scanned and unpaginated pages? Why was it done that way? Does the Minister still believe there is no evidence of dissatisfaction with the public services card? Simple "Yes" or "No" answers will suffice.

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...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: 8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department holds onto personal data collected through the public services card application process indefinitely; the way in which data are stored; the person or body that has access to the data; if the data are shared across Departments or other State bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: We will have a broader discussion later this evening on the public services card but my question is about the Department's insistence on retaining indefinitely personal data collected through the SAFE 2 registration process, how the data are stored, who has access to them and if the data are shared across Departments of other State bodies. With due respect, I do not want a response that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

John Brady: ...on the blanket retention of data says that the process of satisfying the Minister as to identity is not necessarily complete once the card issues, yet the legislation clearly states that a public services card will not be issued unless the Minister is satisfied as to the identity of the person. It is a nonsensical argument. Numerous bodies, including the Comptroller and Auditor General,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Services Card (24 Sep 2019)

John Brady: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for ending the requirement for a public services card for applications to the Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38805/19]

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...

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...

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?

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...