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National Driver Licence Service: Motion [Private Members] (2 Mar 2022): Michael Collins: I thank Deputy McNamara and his colleagues for bringing forward the motion. The fact that local NDLS centres are not accessible to many people who need to get a licence if they do not have a public services card is nothing short of our joke. Many Deputies have said the same thing. If it was not broken, why fix it? The Government has a habit of doing such things. It tampers with something...
Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018): Michael Collins: ...will be kept safe and private. Recent news surrounding Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, Google and others keeping information and selling it on is worrying and must be addressed. I hope that the new public services card will be subject to some of the proposed regulations. Many people are not keen on sharing all of their private information with the Government for this unnecessary card. ...

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