Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)

Does the Taoiseach accept the Government and technology do not appear to get on very well? There has been the electronic voting fiasco and the PPARS debacle and now it transpires the Irish Statute Book cannot be properly put on the Attorney General's website. Does the Taoiseach accept the presence of the Statute Book on the website of the principal law officer of the State serves as authentication that it is correct? Does he accept it is horrific the laws made in the Oireachtas are not properly recorded there? Will he give us some idea of what has been done so far other than issuing a disclaimer? Is it merely telling people to ignore what is on the Attorney General's website? Is that the essence of what has occurred so far?

How much did it cost to organise this website? The Taoiseach mentioned a South African company. Has he any idea of what it will cost to fix it? On the timeframe, he mentioned the possibility that work, from the point of view of finding a solution to the problem, might be under way in January. Why were steps not put in hand straight away after the problem surfaced and why do we continue using an Attorney General's website which contains all these serious errors? More importantly, will the Taoiseach give an approximate date by which all these issues will be cleared up?

Overall, does the Taoiseach not accept this is a serious matter in that laws made must be promulgated and if that is done incorrectly, apparently authenticated by the principal law officer of the State, it could lead to a dreadful situation?

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