The National Driver's Licence Service claims on its website and correspondence that having a PSC 'simplifies' the process. That's been described as 'misleading'.
File photo Image: Shutterstock/Krylova Ksenia File photo Image: Shutterstock/Krylova Ksenia THE DATA PROTECTION Commissioner has said it is “misleading” for the State to continue to suggest that having a Public Services Card makes it more convenient for drivers’ to apply for and renew their licences.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, however, Commissioner Helen Dixon said the Data Protection Commission’s landmark investigation into the legality of the Public Services Card found that there was no lawful basis for a person to be told they needed the card for anything other than accessing social welfare or benefits.
Originally required for just social welfare payments, over the years since its introduction in 2011, this expanded and it was made a requirement for services such as getting a driver’s licence. But the government made a late u-turn in 2018, and later pulled it as a mandatory card for booking a theory test.
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