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NEW DIGITAL DRIVING licences are to be rolled out this year as part of a “digital wallet” that people can keep on their smartphone.
It will be launched in tandem with a “life events portal”, which is a one-stop shop for engaging with public services for events such as births, deaths, marriages and divorces.
The move was due to be completed before the end of 2024, but a pilot scheme identified accessibility issues for people with additional needs. The Department for Public Expenditure says it is also working with national and European stakeholders to make the wallet secure.
The digital wallet will store versions of one’s birth cert, driver’s license, Age Card and other official documents, such as marriage certificates.
The digital driving licence will be acceptable to gardaí.
Speaking about the project last year, Ossian Smyth, then-Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, said the life events portal is for “significant moments in your life when you need to deal with many different parts of the government, like when you have a baby”.
“You need to register the child’s name, maybe apply for child benefit, register immunisations, put their name down for school – that usually involves using many different websites, now you can do it in one place with this portal,” he explained.
Smyth said that he recently lost someone close to him, and experienced what it is like to deal with different Government services to inform them of that change.
He said that the online portal will simplify that process.
The Department said €20 million has been allocated to the rollout for 2025.
The UK is to rollout a similar system this year too, which will store licences and veteran cards.
The Department says it is working to ensure cross-border interoperability of digital identities.
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I didn’t even know she was still going… wow! Now that is what you call dedication. Fair play to her!
@Daniel Skelton: That’s nothing compared to the Limerick Actor Willie O’Dea who has provided great entertainment and drama to the great people of the mid west coming up now
on 50 years or so it seems.
She opened Nutgrove Shopping Centre , there ya go , fact of the day .
@Ray Buckley: Nutgrove Shopping Centre was the first McDonald’s drive thru restaurant in Europe. Another fact for you.
50 years on the soap? She must be clean as a whistle!
Saw her in a forest in Kerry once.
@Don Johnson: Saw her at an exhibition in Earl’s Court in London looking despondent and unrecognised.
She is lovely little thing and brings back memories of the gerbil i used to have as a pet, Gary.
ET’s. Ma
Good Riddance &bring the rest of em with ya
@John O brien: you seem in good form today John
@John O brien: do you want salt with that chip on your shoulder
@John O brien: I was always told if you can’t say anything nice say nothing at all it only shows your mentality
@David Harries: so if it’s not nice say nothing …the truth sometimes is not nice ..should we not tell the truth either cause it’s not nice?!
@damien leen: those who delight in being brutally honest frequently value the brutality far more than the honesty.
@Setanta O’Toole: Jesus wept!
@brian madden: I’m in great form thanks
@John O brien:
If you have nothing decent to say about anyone, whoever they may be, I for one would suggest that you keep thoughts and comments like that to yourself
@damien leen: “telling the truth” isn’t an issue when it’s about who likes or doesn’t like one television soap opera.
Some going. Fair play to her.
How many champions leagues is that now
Luka Modrić just signed a 1 year contract
She’s gone full-time with the mutant ninja turtles!
Pleae kill me
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