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Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty has said there is “strong legal advice” in favour of the continued use of the public services card. She said the Government did not agree with the findings in a report by data protection commissioner Helen Dixon.
Data watchdog may prosecute Government over PSC use

The Government is facing prosecution by the State’s data watchdog over its decision to defy a report that found the retention of information gathered (...)

The Government has denied the Public Services Card is a national identity card
Department refuses to release details of public services card inquiry

The Department of Social Protection has refused to release information regarding the Data Protection Commission’s investigation into the public servic(...)

Pleasure boats sit anchored in front of a ship docked at the Port of Dublin. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Department only sought Dublin Port’s hard Brexit plan last month

The Department of Transport only asked Dublin Port, the country’s largest and busiest sea port, for details of its contingency plans to deal with a ha(...)

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley said the take up of consumer electric vehicles was at “a snail’s pace” and that the issue of “range anxiety” was a major disincentive. Photograph; Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
‘Green’ buses to be tested on routes in Dublin and Cork from next month

“Green” buses will be tested on routes in Dublin and Cork from next month as part of plans to drastically cut carbon emissions in the public transport(...)

A report indicated that Google continues to collect revealing location-based data through users’ Android phones and via Google Maps on the iPhone. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters
Data commissioner will need to show mettle dealing with Google

Where does responsibility lie – and what initiative may a national data protection authority take – when a company has potentially breached consumer p(...)

The public services card will no longer be compulsory for those taking a driver theory test.
Public services card no longer needed for driving theory test

The Road Safety Authority has dropped a requirement first announced last year that applicants for the driver theory test would have to produce a publi(...)

Shares in UDG Healthcare are up 25% since Liberum started rating the company in October 2016. Photograph: David Sleator
UDG Healthcare shares fall after analyst downgrade

Shares in Dublin-based UDG Healthcare fell by as much as 5 per cent in early trade on the back of an analyst downgrade. The price of the London-list(...)

Tim Gaston, director of public transport services with the NTA, has said some city thoroughfares are not wide enough to include a tram track as well, and so cyclists may have to be directed to other routes. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Department of Transport hails Luas Cross City as ‘exemplar’

The secretary general of the Department of Transport has described the construction of the Luas Cross City link-up as an “exemplar” for other similar (...)

Port of Cork: company’s chief executive Brendan Keating earns package including pension and benefits worth €240,000, according to 2015 accounts. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision
Nine semi-State chief executives remain in roles beyond limit

Nine chief executives of semi-State companies remained in their posts beyond a seven-year term limit laid down by Government, new figures reveal. The(...)

Susi was previously the subject of widespread criticism after the system experienced significant problems and delays in its first year of operation. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
76,000 student grants paid so far, Susi says

Student grant body Susi has awarded third-level and maintenance funding to 76,000 students so far this academic year, an increase of 14,000 on the sam(...)

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