Search for "public services card" speaker:Fintan Warfield (KildareStreet.com)

Seanad: Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Statements (22 Jun 2023): Fintan Warfield: ...Oireachtas, our Parliament. Does the Minister of State have anything to say about the State purchasing such cameras without any legislative provision or safeguards? I also want to talk about the public services card. The Department of Social Protection has been building a biometric photo and template database of more than 3 million people. There is no legal basis for collecting these...
Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023): Fintan Warfield: I want to talk about the public services card. The Department of Social Protection has been building a biometric photo and template database of 3.2 million people. There is no legal basis for collecting these data in exchange for services people are legally entitled to. Through a freedom of information request, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, and Digital Rights Ireland have...
Seanad: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2018): Fintan Warfield: Sinn Féin also has raised some concerns around the public services card. We had called for the roll-out of the card to be suspended, in the main on foot of the grave concerns raised by the Data Protection Commissioner and we believe those concerns need to be dealt with. We are concerned, as others are, that it could be a move towards a national ID scheme. As others, albeit not in this...

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