Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are in place for someone applying for a public service card who cannot attend a centre in person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38585/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The SAFE registration process, which my Department uses to authenticate a person's identity and issue them with a Public Services Card (PSC), is usually carried out in one of my Department's public offices.

Where a person or a group of people require SAFE registration but they are not in a position to attend an office, my Department has the facility to carry out SAFE registrations in other locations by way of a mobile SAFE registration service.

Decisions in respect of the provision of this mobile service are made by local management, having regard to available resources and to the particular circumstances of the request. Any person who finds themselves in this situation should contact their local Intreo Centre.