Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 October 2021
29. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 28 July 2020, the status of the cost-benefit analysis of the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48655/21]
View answerThe SAFE-PSC-MyGovID framework is administered by my Department on behalf of the whole public service, and comprises three components: the Standard Authentication Framework Environment (SAFE), the Public Services Card (PSC), and the MyGovID online identity authentication service.
I can confirm that a Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) report of the SAFE-PSC-MyGovID public service identity management framework will be published, along with other spending review papers published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER), this month.
The report has been prepared as a Spending Review Paper by the DSP Investment Analysis Unit. The Investment Analysis Unit is a part of the Irish Government Statistical Service, and the report has been compiled in compliance with the principles of the Irish Statistical System Code of Practice, along with the Cost-Benefit Analysis principles laid down in the Public Spending Code.I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
