Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I echo Deputy Martin's question. Is it intended to go ahead with the research or has it been abandoned?

In a similar response last year, the Taoiseach stated that as part of the eGovernment strategy, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer had been working on the development of a digital service gateway. This, the Taoiseach stated, would allow for "a single digital point where citizens can easily access information about the Government services that are available to them." We would all welcome that as a means of providing a more user-friendly experience for citizens, the users of Government websites. The MyGovID service has been a welcome addition in this regard, as has the gov.ieportal, but the Taoiseach should not take this as an endorsement of his strategic communications unit. It simply makes sense to harmonise the Government's online presence. In fact, it should have been done years ago.

The Department of the Taoiseach's website, in fairness, is not bad and is fairly easy to use and navigate. Like all of the Government websites, however, it could do with a makeover. Is it envisaged that the Department's website will be changed in line with the gov.ieconcept?

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