Results 1-20 of 243 for "public service card"

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ..., the free travel pass is a secondary benefit directly linked to the person being in receipt of Carer's Allowance. A person’s entitlement to a free travel pass is displayed on an individual’s Public Service Card which also contains the holders name, photograph and signature and therefore allowing the card to be used by another person would result in security and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (10 Apr 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ..., the free travel pass is a secondary benefit directly linked to the person being in receipt of Carers Allowance. A person’s entitlement to a free travel pass is displayed on an individual’s Public Service Card which also contains the holders name, photograph and signature and therefore allowing the card to be used by another person would result in security and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Services Card (20 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Heather Humphreys: ...getting the notification that their card is due to expire. The card was introduced in 2011 and there were a lot of first-time applications in 2012, 2013 and 2014 when many people started to use the public service card, so there are a good few extra for renewal at this point. Since the service was launched, more than 134,000 people have renewed their cards online. Some 70,000 renewals...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Michael McDowell: ...of this kind. I want to make a few points. It seems, as has been pointed out by some of the contributors, that the sourcing of data material is not adequately dealt with in this legislation. Is a public service card available? Are passport photographs available? Is there a duty on the people who have those databases to make them available and in what circumstances? I would like to...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...to Ukrainians are made at post offices. They have to physically collect their payment. They have all been registered with the standard authentication framework environment, SAFE, system and have a public service card, which they must produce when collecting their payment. If they have left the country, they cannot physically present for payment.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (17 Jan 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...information is required and the challenge of verifying a person’s identity is more difficult than when someone presents in person at an NDLS office. A verified MyGovID account, which requires a Public Service Card, satisfies this requirement.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (22 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...for Intreo customer queries. It acts as a virtual Intreo reception, with staff based around the country, providing information, advice, and referrals to customers. Staff also assist with Public Service Card replacements and extensions. They aim to provide query resolution at the first point of contact where possible, or, if necessary, escalate onward to the relevant Intreo Centre,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (10 Oct 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...of a centralised point of contact for Intreo customer queries. It acts as a virtual Intreo reception, providing information, advice, and referrals to customers. Staff also assist with Public Service Card replacements and extensions. They aim to provide query resolution at the first point of contact where possible, or, if necessary, escalate onward to the relevant Intreo Centre,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

Brian Stanley: Is that agreed? Agreed. It is written in the opening that the DPIA makes no adverse findings at all related to the legal basis for processing of personal data in respect of a public service card. The issue Deputy Murphy is raising arises in the next paragraph. Okay, that is agreed. I will move on to No. R2109 from Mr. Liam Sloyan, CEO of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, on 5...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: General Scheme of the Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2023: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

.... This process enables a person’s identity to be authenticated on a once-and-done basis and provides the foundation for the provision of secure online access to high-value public services. A public service card is issued as a token that a person’s identity has been authenticated and this is then relied upon as proof of identity meaning that people do not need to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Card (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in light of the finding of the Data Protection Committee that the Department of Social Protection improperly gathered data through the Public Service Card, his views on whether the call in June 2018 by the then-Secretary General at his Department for a ban on those with free travel passes from public transport during rush hour was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: ...and lung cancer rate. There are positive elements we as legislators can respond to but there could also be a downside. Some people have concerns about this. For instance, when there was talk of a public service card, there was a lot of pushback because some people legitimately felt we were moving down the road of a national identification card, more information and a Big Brother state....

EU Regulation on Collection and Transfer of Advance Passenger Information: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: .... Ryanair, however, insists on passengers having a passport. It is the only form of identification Ryanair will accept, whereas other airlines will accept other forms of identification, such as a public service card or a driver licence. A person travelling to the UK by ferry does not need a passport. This requirement is being foisted on people who book with Ryanair. They may realise...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ..., accept and validate applications for jobseeker and one-parent family payments and then pass them on to the Department's national processing team for processing and payment. They can also provide public service card registrations and act as outreach offices for other services, including employment and community welfare services on a part-time basis. Castlepollard branch office closed on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (23 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will detail in tabular form the number of public service card applications processed per month, by INTREO office, in Dublin during the period January 2022 to February 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14535/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Offices (9 Feb 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...not been currently identified. We do, from time to time, make arrangements to visit a person who may be incapacitated at his or her place of residence, for example, to process an application for a public service card or to assist a person complete an application. Given the relatively low numbers involved, no statistics are maintained on this activity. In addition, community welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (24 Jan 2023)

Heather Humphreys: .../or update their Jobseeker’s and One Parent Family claims during business hours. My Department’s location in The Murrough, which is adjacent to the Branch Office provides the following services: - Public Service Card – every Tuesday. - Community Welfare Service (CWS) – every Thursday. - Public Employment Services – by appointment on request. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (18 Jan 2023)

Carol Nolan: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applicants for NCT tests from 2020 to date who did not produce a driver's licence or public service card when presenting for their test and who had to return to the test centre at a later date to produce either document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63437/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Mr. John McKeon: Approximately 3.5 million individuals have had public service cards. The relevant data would not have been collected in all cases. When we issue a public service card, we scan evidence of identity and evidence of address, which may include a bill with the letterhead of an electricity supplier and bill information or a bank account and banking information. Where that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (25 Oct 2022)

Richard Bruton: 486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will arrange to have an appointment system put in place for a public service card procedures in view of the inconvenience of the present limited number of places each day resulting in many disappointed clients and long waiting periods. [53565/22]