Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I note that Accenture's sixth annual report on global e-Government places Ireland at 14th place along with five other nations. That gives us the category of follower in terms of overall e-Government service maturity. What is the position regarding the public service broker or PSB as it is called? I understand this is a computer infrastructure project that will allow Departments to interact with each other and with the public. It would allow Departments to link up their various disparate computer systems, which would provide citizens with an integrated and efficient point of access to Government services. Where do we stand on that? Has this PSB gone live? What is the opportunity for citizens to be able to make contact in that sense? Where are we in terms of Government computer systems being integrated along the lines of the Accenture report?

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