Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 9, line 7, after “number” to insert “or their passport”.

This relates to suitable forms of identification for the purpose of making a vehicle licence application. I am seeking to include passports. As drafted, the subsection provides that, where a person does not already have a driving licence, a learning permit or a foreign driving licence, only a personal public service, PPS, number suffices as a suitable form of identification when applying for a vehicle licence. While I appreciate that a PPS number is different from a public services card, there was overreach in the requirement for a public services card to access services. Given the process for accessing passports, a passport should be accepted as a suitable form of identification instead of pushing someone to have to provide a PPS number, particularly in light of the history around this issue with people being incorrectly pushed to provide public services cards when applying for driving licences.