Seanad debates

Wednesday, 6 February 2019

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages

 

10:30 am

Photo of Patrick O'DonovanPatrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to have an exchange over and back with the Senator but she has already said that someone could come forward with a passport. How would he or she get that passport in the first instance if he or she was not going to accept that the public services identity card is one of the exclusive means? There has to be a means for the State to engage with the citizens who are availing of services or, in some cases, are being pursued by the State. With the greatest respect, it is a bit like Brexit. They are taking out the stuff we use at the moment but are not providing us with any means. It is a bit like the backstop, "We do not like it-----

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