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Thu 12 Dec 2009€25m to be spent on new public services ID cards for over-16s
THE GOVERNMENT is to spend almost €25 million on a new public services identity card which will be distributed to about three million people over the age of 16 from next year.
The card will contain the holder’s name, photograph, signature and public service number, which is used to access welfare benefits and other State services. In addition, personal details such as a person’s date of birth, former surnames and the mother’s surname are likely to be electronically encoded on the card.
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