Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I do not recognise the Taoiseach's reply from the information that I have. The Taoiseach's site is rarely updated. For example, when I put down the question on 12 April, the most recent item under the "latest news" section was a statement dated 14 March which listed planned trips by Ministers for St. Patrick's day. The most recent speech or statement from the Taoiseach was his address to the EU — US summit on 22 February. Similarly, on 12 April, the most recent item under "news" was the Department's strategy statement for 2003 to 2005 which was posted in 2003 and the most recent item under "Government press releases" was the announcement on 25 January from the Government Chief Whip concerning the legislative programme for that Dáil session. The Taoiseach's website is meant to be the Government's flagship website. I also noticed that if a person from any part of the world wishes to log on to "Bertie Ahern", he or she is immediately transferred to the Taoiseach's website, thus establishing clearly proprietorial ownership of that office.

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