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  • Ireland faces EUR50m e-voting write-off

    A lack of public confidence in e-voting means that the Government may be forced into writing off its EUR50 million investment in electronic ballot systems.

    According to a report in the Irish Times, Michael Noonan, chairman of the Dail Public Accounts Committee, said that he doubted whether the current system would ever be introduced following the debacle last year where plans to initiate e-voting were scrapped over security concerns.

  • Ireland far behind EU average on broadband speeds

    Despite making considerable progress in recent years in getting broadband numbers up, Ireland is showing signs of falling behind on broadband speeds and quality.

    A new EU study showed that 13.4pc of the share of fixed-line broadband in use in Ireland is equal to or above 10Mbps. The EU average is 38.9pc.

    Other data for Ireland shows that 63pc of Irish people regularly use the internet, a little less than the EU average of 65pc.

  • Ireland fares well in UN e-gov study

    A new study by the United Nations has found Ireland performing well in e-government, but still behind many other European countries and the United States.

  • Ireland Government launches 'Enterprise Action Plan'

    The government intends to implement 70 percent of the recommendations of the Enterprise Strategy Group's (ESG) report on staying competitive.

    Published in July 2004, the ESG's report outlined the challenges and opportunities facing the enterprise sector in Ireland over the coming decade. It also outlined the measures government and industry needed to take if Ireland was to meet those challenges and capitalise on the opportunities.

  • Ireland in middle ranking for m-government

    A new report has ranked the Irish public sector as seventh out of the EU15 in its use of online and mobile communications.

    The report was commissioned by O2 and carried out by the market research firm iReach. It is said to be the first attempt to compare Ireland with its EU public sector peers in readiness to use mobile technology to deliver e-government services. This is one of the key planks in the Lisbon Agenda, which aims to improve Europe’s competitive position as a knowledge economy.

  • Ireland is broadband equivalent of Newcastle Utd

    Ireland is the broadband equivalent of Newcastle United, a new ‘State of the Net’ report from the Irish Internet Association (IIA) suggests: much has been promised but little has been delivered.

    The report, which coincides with the IIA’s annual conference, points to Ireland’s uncomfortable position in the bottom quarter of 30 countries tracked in the OECD’s broadband league table. Ireland’s score of 6.7 connections per 100 of population compares with an OECD average of 11.7 and an EU average of 11.8. It warns that this threat poses competitive problems for Ireland Inc and for businesses as well as frustrations for Irish users.

  • Ireland leads the way with e-government

    Ireland provides more sophisticated e-government systems than the UK, according to IDC Research.

  • Ireland moves to G2C e-payments

    Ireland is looking to increase the proportion of electronic payment for welfare disbursement.

    Seamus Brennan, Minister for Social Welfare and Family Affairs, has revealed that a review of the department's methods of paying customers is underway, with a view to identify a payment system that would be flexible, cost-effective and would take account of the needs of social welfare recipients.

  • Ireland must improve net access to beat e-gov lag

    Ireland needs to increase the rate of public access to the internet and particularly to broadband if it is to improve its position relative to other European nations adopting e-government, IDC has said.

    In a recent survey IDC ranked 15 Western European countries on e-government on two key factors: readiness and sophistication of services. One of the measures for a high readiness rating is internet access, as this is essential for ensuring the population is equipped to transact with public services via the web and similar channels.

  • Ireland needs to pick up the pace in ICT

    Slow and steady may win the race, but it's not making any impact on Ireland's e-readiness, a new survey has shown.

    While Ireland hasn't fallen down the e-readiness ranking compiled by the Economist's business intelligence unit, it hasn't made any progress up the charts either, remaining at 21st position for the second year in a row.

  • Ireland not e-ready due to broadband divide

    One year on and Ireland remains 21st out of 70 countries in world e-readiness rankings due to the continuing urban-rural broadband divide.

    The country did manage a marginal increase in its score from 7.86 out of 10 last year to 8.03. Top of the league is the US with a score of 8.95.

  • Ireland offers EUR 2.2 mln to improve digital skills

    Ireland's Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten, T.D., awarded EUR 2.2 million to 15 community and not-for-profit organisations to provide basic digital skills training to people under his department's new Digital Skills for Citizens Grant Scheme.

    The Department's Digital Skills for Citizens Scheme aims to give people the confidence, motivation and skills to take their first steps online, so that they can play their part in an increasingly digital world.

  • Ireland ok's delivery of digital technology to all homes, businesses

    The Irish government has approved the Digital Connectivity Strategy for Ireland, to bring digital technologies to all homes and businesses nationwide.

    "Ireland is committed to a fast-paced digital transformation. The availability of high-speed, reliable, digital connectivity will support the delivery of Ireland's economic and social ambitions, and will position Ireland at the forefront of European and global digital developments," the government said in a statement.

  • Ireland playing catch up with online nations

    Ireland is still in the slow lane when it comes to truly embracing the internet, a report claims.

    According to the new 'State of the Net' quarterly bulletin on online activity in Ireland, the country lags far behind other nations for internet usage.

    The report, which has been compiled by AMAS together with the Irish Internet Association, was launched at the IIA's annual congress on Thursday. The publication collates internet usage statistics in Ireland and it is aimed at businesses, researchers, the media and individual internet users.

  • Ireland poised for Broker

    The Irish Government is at last close to signing a contract for its main e-government system

    Ireland is finally moving ahead with its central e-government infrastructure, known as the Public Services Broker, after lengthy delays in the project.

  • Ireland puts foreign aid details on-line

    The Department of Foreign Affairs launched a Web site on Thursday, which is to feature a breakdown of how Irish money is spent in development projects abroad.

  • Ireland ranked first for e-gov services

    Irish people have better access to public services online than most Europeans according to the European Commission.

    The commission’s ninth e-Government Benchmark Report released yesterday shows Ireland ahead of other countries when it comes to providing e-government services.

    The report examined the online availability of 20 basic public services, such as car registration, tax declaration and company registration, across the EU.

  • Ireland ranked first in Europe for e-Government

    Ireland has been placed first in a benchmarking exercise published in a European Commission report called “Digitising Public Services in Europe: Putting ambition into action”.

    According to the report, the availability of government services across Europe has increased from 69 per cent to 82 per cent from 2009 to 2010.

    The metrics for the report are especially significant for Ireland in a time of recession, as they focused on two essential public services: ‘finding a job’ and ‘starting a company’.

  • Ireland ranked in first place for the best digital public service

    The Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan today announced that he is pleased with Ireland's first place position, revealed in the results of the study conducted by the European Commission eGovernment on digitalising public services.

    The results of the 9th European Commission eGovernment Benchmarking exercise, Digitising Public Services in Europe: Putting ambition into action ranks Ireland in first place for the provision and sophistication of online services to businesses and citizens, for the provision of eProcurement services, and for the integration of services as “life events”.

  • Ireland ranks highly for adoption of digital technologies

    State moves up one place to 19th out of 63 economies in new IMD rankings

    The Republic has moved up one place to 19th in a global ranking for adopting digital technologies.

    The US tops the list followed by Singapore, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland, with the top five places unchanged from last year.

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