Seanad debates
Tuesday, 3 December 2002
National Tourism Development Authority Bill, 2002: Committee Stage.
If ever an amendment was needed, this one is. Bord Fáilte Éireann does not publish its annual accounts on its website. I have been promoting the many advantages of electronic publication for all companies, including speed, transparency, accessibility and cost. Bord Fáilte's best attempt at publication is to invite people to write in for copies of the printed version. I know of no other body which has a website but still confines circulation of its annual report to the printed version. In this 21st century, that is not good enough. How can a State body justify its refusal to make its annual report available to the public via its website? Only Bord Fáilte manages this remarkable feat. I leave it to others to judge what that performance says about the readiness of that organisation to communicate with the public at large.
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