UN official challenges Simon Coveney to identify factual errors in Public Services Card report

The report said the disadvantaged have to jump through a number of hoops to prove their identity. File picture.

A leading UN official has challenged the Tánaiste to outline factual errors he says are in a report on the Public Services Card.

The report from a Special Rappoteur stated the steps required to obtain the card can be a nightmare because of the bureaucracy involved.