Seanad debates

Wednesday, 29 June 2005

Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage.

 

4:00 am

Photo of Brendan RyanBrendan Ryan (Labour)

It is a great pity that where postal services are described, no attempt was made to include electronic postal services. I genuinely perceive that we are reliving the Gutenberg experience whereby modern technology is being resisted because people do not believe it can do the job as effectively old snail mail. We must move on. If the Judiciary will not lead on this, the Oireachtas must drive forward in promoting the benefits of electronic communications. The risk of untraceable errors is probably greater in paper documents than in electronic documents. Fears regarding security and the uncertainty of people of my generation and older are issues on which we must give a lead.

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