Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 11, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:

“Amendment of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

16.Section 263 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new subsection after subsection (1C):“(1D)Within 8 months of the passing of the Social Welfare Act 2017, the Minister shall publish and lay before both houses of the Oireachtas a report on the proposed and prescribed use of any photograph taken for the purposes of a public service card. This report shall include evidence as to the compliance of any such usage with standards set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Prior the publication of such a report and being agreed by both houses of the Oireachtas, no photograph on a public service card may be subjected to biometric reading or cross checked against any database of biometric information.”.”.

I will withdraw this amendment but reserve the right to reintroduce it on Report Stage. I also reserve the right to produce amended amendments on some of the other issues.