Ireland is leaving €8 billion on the table — and this is why
Transform Gov - the digital government podcastShow Notes
In Part 2 of this Transform Gov conversation, Marie Wallace (Accenture) moves beyond the concept of digital identity — and explains what it actually means in practice for service delivery, cost, and efficiency.
The headline figure? Up to €8 billion in economic impact for Ireland.
But the real story is where that value comes from: removing manual verification from services eliminating repeated onboarding across organisations reducing friction across life events and integrating identity directly into business processes
From passports to healthcare to supply chains, this is a look at how identity sits at the centre of service transformation.
And why fixing it could change everything.
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Chapters 00:00 Bringing digital identity into real-world impact 01:18 €8bn — where the number comes from 01:56 Manual verification — the hidden problem 02:46 Repeating data across services 03:06 Life events — why services don’t connect 04:53 Personalised services explained 05:47 Data control and AI at the edge 08:46 Fraud, deepfakes and verification 12:01 Where the biggest gains are (health, pensions, services) 13:38 Ireland’s opportunity and readiness 15:48 What governments must do next 18:04 What could derail progress 21:28 What changes over the next 3–5 years Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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