Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

I assure the Deputies that is not what is intended. All of the systems the Department uses are electronic. Consequently, it is necessary to have the legal ability to use electronic signing and one cannot even try anything without it. It always amuses me when people speak of their lack of trust in electronics. I often ask them whether they are willing to sit in a modern aeroplane because half the time they are landed by electronics. One element that has made modern flight so safe is the use of technology. It is not that the pilots are so much better but that the aeroplanes are so much better.

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