Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask about the gov.ieportal project, on which the GIS has been working with the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer to develop. The Taoiseach said previously that it is part of the e-government strategy for the period 2017 to 2020 to rationalise existing Government websites and online services over time. Will the gov.ieportal replace in time all the departmental websites, some of which are a bit outdated and many of which are not very user-friendly? Will the departmental websites be redesigned in line with the gov.ieinterface?

It was envisaged as part of the e-government strategy that there would be, by last month, an online health portal added to the suite of services available through the MyGov.ieservice. This has not happened. When will that portal be added? What exactly will the service provide? How will it direct people? How will people interact with it?

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