Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

My Department established the Public Service Chief Information Officer Council in November 2011. The council is a representative forum for senior managers with responsibility for information and communications technology, ICT, and-or e-government from across the civil and public services. It provides expert input to decisions and actions to improve the impact of ICT and e-government on public service delivery. My Department, in collaboration with the council, has published e-government and cloud computing strategies to support the public service reform plan.

The council has met on seven occasions to date. Agendas, minutes and other relevant documentation are published on its website, ciocouncil.gov.ie. The council is chaired by my Department. The Government recently appointed Mr. Bill McCluggage as Government chief information officer and he will assume the chair when he takes up his appointment in June.

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