The LRO completes 3,300 business transactions per day online.
The vast bulk of the Land Registry's business has moved online leading to 769,000-paid transactions last year. Since the online service was launched a total of more than 2 million paid transactions have been carried out. Speaking at the Awards presentation in Dublin last night Minister Tom Kitt, said the speed at which people are getting used to dealing with government online is "phenomenal".
He said that 53pc of the self-employed, a total of 157,000 people, made returns online to the Revenue Commissioners in one month. This means that 157,000 large paper tax returns have been eliminated from the system, said Kitt.
In addition, he said the Revenue Commissioners receive 20,000 online enquires every week day and 3,000 hits a day at weekends.
In category winners, the best commercial eGovernment Award went to the National Concert Hall. The best local eGovernment Award was won by Kildare County Council, while the University of Limerick was awarded the best education award. The best state body eGovernment award was won by the Courts service, while Assist Ireland and comhairle received the best accessible eGovernment award.
The Irish eGovernment Awards 2005 are co-hosted by The Public Sector Times and Elucidate.
Quelle: Business World, 17.02.2005
