Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to redesign all Government Department and State agency websites using the one template; if such a redesign falls under the remit of the recently established Office of Government Chief Information Officer; and if consideration is being given to examining the template used by the www.gov.uk website. [2668/14]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) has a number of roles including researching and investigating international best practices in eGovernment. As such it is aware of the UK approach to Government websites as well as approaches adopted by other countries. This is something that is being considered in the context of the Public Service ICT Strategy currently being developed in conjunction with the Public Service CIO Council.  It is worth noting that our own gov.ie portal already gives users access in one location to more than 400 informational and transactional services. A redesign of the gov.ie website is currently underway.