Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 October 2025
334. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has undertaken any work toward assisting with the roll-out of a digital ID system; if his Department is involved with implementing the EU’s plan to offer digital identity to all of its citizens and residents by 2026 under the eIDAS 2.0 regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52852/25]
View answerIn April 2024, the European Parliament and Council introduced Regulation 2024/1183, which revised the previous European Digital Identify Regulation (the eIDAS regulation), requiring Member States to provide at least one European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW) for their citizens to use to access public and private services.
The digital wallet is to be made available for citizens and residents to access public services by December 2026. An inter-departmental project team comprising representatives from Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (DCCS), the Office of the Government Chief Information Office (OGCIO), the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and the Department of Social Protection has been established to identify the technological, policy and legislative requirements necessary in order for implementation of the Regulation to be achieved within that timeframe. My Department is involved, as holder of the public service identity dataset in Ireland. Overall responsibility for transposition of the EU Regulation lies with the DCCS.
