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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: We have lengthy correspondence and I have a letter about the public services card, PSC. There is a hearing about it next week and I wondered whether there was a chance to have a discussion, at some point, about that meeting, particularly in the context of some of the issues that have been raised since the publication of the report. I have in mind a quick couple of minutes on the matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: ...will also have a representative from the Department of Justice and Equality. Will that be the Accounting Officer? We are not sure. For the record, we had this prearranged before the summer. The public services card issue has emerged since and it will definitely be a point of discussion. People will wonder why we are doing it. Because the Data Protection Commission in Ireland has...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
David Cullinane: The Data Protection Commission, DPC, was due to appear before the committee routinely anyway. The public services card issue has since emerged, with a report on it published the day before yesterday. The issue has been in the public domain in recent months. Will the Chairman clarify what we can deal with at next week's meeting with the DPC? A section in the report refers to a chapter in a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: If we are to deal with the public services card issue at that meeting, the issue of not having a business case is critical, not just in respect of that spend but other large spends as well. It is a process issue. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is not the only Department involved. It rolled the card out, but my understanding is that the Department of Public...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: We touched on the public services card in our last or second last periodic report, mainly concerning the number of cards being issued and the increase in costs. We did not get into broad policy issues. The Department of Justice and Equality and the DPC will be before us next week. We will send out a note. We have written to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform already....