General Information

Cases/Enablers
OOP Enabling Infrastructure
Appetizer
The Public Services Card (PSC) helps citizens to access a range of public services easily. Their identity is fully authenticated when it is issued so that they do not have to give the same information to multiple organisations.
Short summary
The Public Services Card (PSC) helps citizens to access a range of public services easily. Their identity is fully authenticated when it is issued so that they do not have to give the same information to multiple organisations. It was first introduced in 2012 and was initially rolled out to people getting social welfare payments. It is now being rolled out to other public services. This card holds personal information including person’s name, photograph, signature, card number and personal public service number. It also holds a magnetic stripe to enable social welfare payment such as pensions to be collected at post offices.
The PSC ensures that people can access public services across a number of channels, including online, via telephone or in person at a public office, with a minimum of duplication while preserving their privacy to the maximum extent possible.
Focus
Citizens
Start date
Scope
National/Federal
Country
Ireland
Nature and status of project
Rolled Out

DATA HANDLING / DATA EXCHANGE

Type of data sharing
Actual data
Data handler
Stakeholder name
Card holders
Stakeholder category
Citizen
Stakeholder Role
Data subject
Kind of data
Data about person
Stakeholder name
Social welfare
Stakeholder category
Government
Stakeholder Role
Data controller
Kind of data
Data about person
Stakeholder name
Free travel pass issuer
Stakeholder category
Government
Stakeholder Role
Data consumer
Kind of data
Data about person
Stakeholder name
Department of Social Protection customers
Stakeholder category
Government
Stakeholder Role
Data consumer
Kind of data
Data about person
Architecture
Face to Face registration for a public service card is called SAFE (Standard Authentication Framework Environment) registration is designed.