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Donnerstag, 1.05.2025
Transforming Government since 2001

IE: Irland / Ireland

  • Ireland: E-government leaves out Gardai - can't contact Gardai by e-mail

    Labour Spokesperson on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Tommy Broughan T.D. has strongly criticised Ministers Dermot Ahern, Michael McDowell and Chief Whip Mary Hanafin for their failure to include An Garda Siochana in the e-government initiatives.

  • Ireland: E-government services heavily criticised

    Irish e-government services are still only in line with the EU average, despite ambitious plans from the Government to get all suitable services up and running by 2005.

    The Comptroller and Auditor General, John Purcell, today described the target of having all public services capable of on-line delivery by 2005 as "clearly unrealistic", and described the roll-out as "average".

  • Ireland: E-procurement could save EUR1 billion

    Estimates of EUR175 million in government savings through e-procurement are wrong, the ISC has said, claiming EUR1 billion is a more appropriate figure.

  • Ireland: E-procurement will change everything

    State body Enterprise Ireland has warned suppliers to prepare for changes that electronic procurement is bringing into the market.

    A new on-line booklet published by Enterprise Ireland warns that businesses who fail to respond appropriately -- in areas such as the reliability of their IT systems -- risk losing business to other companies both in Ireland and abroad.

  • Ireland: E-procurement will save EUR414m

    Dick Roche TD has claimed that e-procurement in the public sector could save the exchequer millions, but one expert says a lot of work is still needed.

  • Ireland: E-voting concessions aren't enough

    The government has agreed to make some changes to its proposed e-voting plan, but Fine Gael has said that the concessions don't go far enough.

    The smouldering issue that was e-voting turned into an open flame on Tuesday, forcing the government to bow, ever so slightly, to concerns brought forward by Fine Gael, the Labour Party and the Greens. Sparking the most recent discourse on the matter on Tuesday night was a joint motion from all three major opposition parties that called on the government to immediately defer plans for the use of e-voting in the European and local elections this summer.

  • Ireland: E-voting furore continues unabated

    The Tanaiste said on Tuesday that she has some sympathy with Opposition complaints about e-voting.

    Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Harney made the comment following the tabling of a joint motion in the Dail, to be debated Tuesday or Wednesday, that calls on the government to immediately defer plans for the use of electronic voting in the European and local elections this summer.

  • Ireland: Election '07 online

    Political junkies are turning to the internet to keep up-to-date with the latest political news and scandals as the Irish general election draws closer.

    According to the website IrishElection.com, its traffic has tripled since Saturday evening, with a large number of visitors looking for information on the latest Bertie Ahern payment story.

  • Ireland: Electronic welfare payments on the way

    The Irish government is to make further moves towards automating social welfare payments, some two years after a report recommended e-payments across the board.

    Speaking at the sod-turning ceremony for new Department of Social Welfare offices in Sligo, Seamus Brennan, minister for Social Welfare and Family Affairs, said that a review of the department's methods of paying customers was being undertaken to identify a payment system that would be flexible, cost-effective and would take account of the needs of social welfare recipients.

  • Ireland: European Commission Selects Mid-West Regional Authority To Receive E-Inclusion Award

    The Mid-West Regional Authority (MWRA) has received a special award from the European Commission for its role in making eGovernment services more widely accessible and socially inclusive across the region.

    The CitizenFirst Project, which is led by the MWRA and co-funded by INTERREG North West Europe, is one of just 35 shortlisted entries that impressed the judging panel in the 2008 European e-Inclusion Awards.

  • Ireland: Examine your rural broadband options

    New technology innovations are lightening the burden for broadband-hungry businesses in Ireland’s rural areas.

    The number of the broadband disenfranchised in Ireland is greater than generally believed and the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) will form only part of the solution. When it is rolled out, the NBS will involve the Government in subsidising the cost, having already obtained EU approval. In theory, members of the rural population will enjoy broadband facilities at similar prices to their urban cousins.

  • Ireland: Experts to review government IT projects

    The government is to harness additional expert advice to control the cost of public IT projects, but industry experts say that the issues aren't that complex.

    The cabinet has agreed to establish a "peer review system" for major public IT projects, which will involve experts from across the public service assessing projects to prevent cost overruns and the development of systems that cannot be used.

  • Ireland: Government departments at the cutting edge

    The reality is that public sector IT projects have performed well despite over-ambitious targets having been set.

    Bad news sells whereas good news is, unfortunately, often ignored. The Government is usually castigated for non-delivery or under-performance, especially in the area of e-government.

  • Ireland: Government flocks to mobile messaging

    Puca and Vodafone have joined forces to provide the Department of Agriculture with a mobile application solution to record livestock numbers.

    By using the solution, livestock inspectors are able to use their mobile phones to send reports on livestock figures from anywhere in the country directly to the Department of Agriculture and Food's computers. This makes for more immediate and efficient reporting of figures, Puca claims. Previously inspectors had to manually enter the figures when they returned to their offices.

  • Ireland: Government going for public sector gongs

    Five Irish public sector projects are up for gongs in the 2005 eEurope Awards for eGovernment to be held in Manchester next month, a tonic for a beleaguered sector that has been heavily under attack from the media in recent weeks.

    The strong Irish contingent is made up of Meath County Council for its work in taking communities online, the Local Government Computer Services Board for Mobhaile, the Department of An Taoiseach for its eCabinet initiative and the Revenue Commissioners for its ongoing innovation around the Revenue On-Line Service portal.

  • Ireland: Government launches geographic data portal

    The Government has created an online portal that will allow the public to search multiple spatial databases for geographic mapping data held by a number of different departments.

    The Irish Spatial Data Exchange (ISDE) will operate as an inter-departmental and cross-agency online service that will allow the public to search multiple databases.

    It will also be a vital service for the construction industry, geologists, students, archaeologists, researchers and businesspeople alike.

  • Ireland: Government outlines key broadband targets

    The Government has pledged to tackle the thorny digital divide issue as it promises broadband for all by early 2010.

    Communications minister Eamon Ryan on Thursday unveiled the Government's policy on next-generation broadband, which outlined key broadband targets and the financial investment the Government is to make. Minister Ryan said EUR435 million has been earmarked as part of the National Development Plan 2007-2013 to plough into making broadband available nationwide.

  • Ireland: Government S&T spending jumps 23pc

    Complementing research from last month, a new Forfas report has shown that spending on science and technology by the government jumped 23 percent in 2001.

  • Ireland: Government unveils online redundancy system

    The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) today unveiled a new €1m online redundancy payments system that aims to make what is more than often a trying situation for workers and employers into a more streamlined and efficient process.

    The new electronic system will include instantaneous online access for laid-off workers, an improved and simplified online redundancy payment calculator, Irish and English language facilities, the consolidation of existing forms into a single online form and the promise of a quicker turnover of redundancy applications.

  • Ireland: Government urged to embrace mobile services

    The Mobile Messaging Forum is calling on the Government to make its online public services accessible to more people by using mobile technology.

    The Irish Government already makes several public services available over the internet; however figures from the 2006 Census show that only 60 percent of Irish households have a PC, while mobile phone penetration is over 100 percent, according to statistics from ComReg.

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