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

Joe Carey: Clarity is required. At the last hearings there was a lot of misinformation on this issue. I value the public services card and believe it is a good initiative. I hold one and deal with people on a daily basis who have it and do not seem to have an issue with it. Has the Department received many complaints about the public services card? Does the take-up vary from region to region? Are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. I personally do not have a difficulty with the public services card and I think it is a good initiative which streamlines people's engagement with services, notwithstanding what the witnesses have said. In particular, in regard to the Bara case, as I understand it, it involved Romanian self-employed citizens who challenged the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Services Card: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Joe Carey: ...but I take issue with that and do not think he has a foundation for it. I deal on a daily basis with people who have public services cards and I hold one myself. I think there is huge merit in the public services card. I do not really get Mr. McGarr's arguments. I think it streamlines the service and enables people to access services in a more streamlined way.