Departments of Social Protection and Public Expenditure to face Public Accounts Committee over Public Services Card

The Data Protection Commission found there was NO legal basis for the issuing of PSCs for the purposes of transactions between individuals and state bodies other than the Department of Social Protection.

LATEST: Two Government departments are to be brought before the Public Accounts Committee to answer questions in the wake of the Public Services Card controversy.

It comes after a major investigation by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) found no legal basis for some State uses of the card.