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Job Protection

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 July 2012

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Ceisteanna (663, 664)

Willie O'Dea

Ceist:

681 Deputy Willie O’Dea asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current proposals for the deployment of a credit card format driving licence will remove the need for a printed photo ID and thus have a massive impact on the 4,000 people employed in the private photo ID industry; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in France jobs were protected in this sector by introducing scanners at city halls to capture printed ID photos for the production of credit card format driving licences and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31988/12]

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Regina Doherty

Ceist:

718 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the way that the implementation of a credit card format driving licence, to be introduced in 2013, will impact of the 4,000 people employed in the photo ID industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32284/12]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 681 and 718 together.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is responsible for the introduction of the new plastic card driving licence and will also be, from January 2013, the national driver licensing authority. As part of its management of the new system of driver licensing, the RSA proposes to tender for customer interface services to engage with the public. I understand from the RSA that they intend to ask tenderers for these front office service to offer their own proposals for the capture of photo ID.

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