Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 23:

In page 13, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 263 of Principal Act

6. Section 263 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

"(3) A person shall produce his or her Public Services Card or other appropriate form of identification at the request of a specified body for the purposes of a transaction. No specified body shall make possession of a Public Services Card a mandatory requirement for the purposes of a transaction.".".

The legal opinion has already been given on this issue. The paragraph I was adding to section 263 was designed to be helpful and constructive but perhaps it is not necessary because the legal interpretation of the existing law in the Data Protection Commissioner's report matches the amendment I am putting forward. Therefore, I am not going to press it but I will be following the issue with great interest.