Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will comment briefly on this because it is a new amendment. I do not have a counter amendment. Concern has been raised about the single customer view dataset associated with the public services card, PSC. The Minister of State referenced the PPSN but the single customer view dataset is wider than that. The issues are subject to some debate around interpretation. I refer to special categories of personal data in the form of biometric information contained within the single view customer view dataset. That part of that information cannot be exchanged under this Bill because the largest part of the Bill explicitly excludes special categories of personal information. I will not oppose or call a vote on the amendments at this point, or perhaps I will just to deal with them technically. I realise I do not have a counter amendment. I am concerned, when we go towards the exchange, that it is not simply the PPSN. Can the Minister of State assure me that only the PPSN will be affected or will there be access to the single customer view dataset? This will create problems down the line, perhaps ones that can be dealt with in Dáil.