Feargal Quinn (Independent)

The Minister of State referred to the Oireachtas e-democracy unit, which I recently learned won a deserved award for the best parliamentary website in Europe. We clearly recognise this area. We are not living in the 18th or 19th centuries but the 21st century. While I understand that the paper document signed by the President is the actual Act, we must recognise the need and sense of having electronic communications in this area. Those of us who see the amount of paper in our offices each morning know that the vast majority of it will not be read again. If one were to multiply the amount received by each Member by 226, the damage done to the environment is sufficient reason to wonder whether there is an easier way.