Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

No. The Minister in each Department is in charge. I mentioned the successes of on-line revenue, motor taxation and savings in agriculture. The Ministers in those different Departments have provided the leadership and with their officials have been coming up with fantastic results. The Department of the Taoiseach is co-ordinating the work and ensuring we get good value for money.

The OECD report is very timely. The target date for the action plan we are producing is July. That action plan must take the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General into account, as well as the OECD report. The reports acknowledged the success stories of on-line delivery. I agree with the OECD's reference to the fact that e-Government needs to be very much a central part of the modernisation of public services. One gets right in there and it becomes part and parcel of it. It is probably the easiest part. The Deputy knows that the Tánaiste, Deputy Brian Cowen, as Minister for Finance and the next Taoiseach, is applying himself to that project. Obviously, all Ministers would be involved in that regard. It is about involving the right people, processes and culture within the public service so e-Government must be part and parcel of the modernisation process. We draw on the successes that we have achieved.

The OECD report and the Comptroller and Auditor General's report acknowledge considerable successes. We have a co-ordinating role but I want to make it very clear, as I mentioned in my reply, that under the ministerial Acts etc., each line Minister has responsibility for the delivery of on-line services. We know the successes that are there.

In respect of the Deputy's other questions, I covered the information society and the new plan.

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