平大臣記者会見（令和6年10月8日）｜デジタル庁

This page presents the summary of a press conference held by Minister Hira of the Digital Agency on October 8, 2024. The main focus is the Agency's digital response efforts to the Oku-Noto heavy rainfall disaster. Following requests from Ishikawa Prefecture, Agency staff have been dispatched to support digitalization of disaster victim procedures and promote My Number Card utilization. Since October 7, My Number Card compatible reading terminals have been installed in Wajima City to streamline evacuation applications to secondary shelters. The conference also addressed questions about health insurance certificate abolition and total government expenditure of approximately 1.17 trillion yen related to the My Number system.