Public Services Card trial set to enter second year before hearing date to be fixed

The case is expected to be listed for mention next on a date in February of next year, with that date yet to be determined.

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has been given three months to reply to submissions made by the Data Protection Commission regarding the legality or otherwise of the Public Services Card.

In a brief hearing this afternoon at Dublin Circuit Civil Court, Judge Jacqueline Linnane gave the Department until January 21, 2021 to formulate its response to a 175-page affidavit filed by deputy commissioner Tony Delaney last July.