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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (26 Sep 2017)
Róisín Shortall: The Department's e-strategy describes the widespread adoption of the public services card as being critical to the success of that strategy. The manner in which the public services card has been rolled out has caused a fair deal of concern and there is significant public apprehension and a lack of trust in regard to the use of the card. I want to know what steps the Minister is taking to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (26 Sep 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: The public services card and, importantly, its underpinning registration process are about providing people with public services in a safe and efficient manner. The underpinning registration process, which is called SAFE 2, involves a 15-minute visit to an INTREO office and is done just once. This process is used to establish a person's identity to a substantial level of assurance. This...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (26 Sep 2017)
Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister. I think it important to point out that my query is not about the merits of expanding the system. I understand there are very many reasons to introduce a card like the public services card and I readily acknowledge the benefits of wider e-governance. However, these systems require a level of public trust in order for them to function properly. At present I think a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (26 Sep 2017)
Róisín Shortall: 37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the review into the ongoing attempts to bring the public services card into widespread use; his views on whether the manner in which this has taken place has caused significant public alarm; his plans in relation to the expansion of the card; the legislative steps he plans to introduce to underpin it; and if he...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (26 Sep 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I appreciate the Deputy's acknowledgment of the merits to the public services card and the approach that underpins it. On the specific questions the Deputy has asked around the use of data, any sharing of data between public bodies has to be consistent with the guidance from the Data Protection Commissioner. The commissioner has raised a number of matters on the operation of the card and I...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (26 Sep 2017)
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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed - Priority Questions: Public Services Card (26 Sep 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: ...exactly are the penalties. I will write to the Deputy with that information. It would be a gravely serious matter, and has been a serious matter, if any public servant uses the information on a public services card for any purpose other than that for which it is intended. I will make available to the Deputy the information on sanctions but I assure her that they are very serious and...