Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work that has been done to date within agencies under the Vote of his Department in integrating services with the Reach Services public services portal; the spend to date and the planned spend by agencies under the Vote of his Department on such integration; the services from agencies under the vote of his Department that it is intended to offer through this portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37738/06]

Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work that has been done to date within his Department in integrating services with the Reach Services public services portal; the spend to date and the planned spend by his Department on such integration; the services from his Department that it is intended to offer through this portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37737/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 and 113 together.

My Department has co-operated with Reach Services on the integration of electronic services into one common portal. At present, all of the Department's websites and online services are available via Reach. These services include database and register searching, downloading official forms, and document searching, downloading and browsing. Expenditure on the integration of these specific services has been incurred by Reach, with my Department providing appropriate links and information on its electronic services.

In the case of the Companies Registration Office, circa €4,000 has been spent to date on the implementation of a Business Validation Service which will be integrated with Reach. It is estimated that the full cost of this system will be in the region of €10,000. It is not envisaged that my Department will spend any other funds on integrating services with Reach Services.

My Department will continue to offer all of its electronically available services through this portal. Should further integration be required, my Department remains committed to developing the necessary interfaces to allow this to happen.

The integration of services between Reach Services and agencies under the aegis of this Department are day-to-day operational matters for the agencies concerned and not ones in which my Department has a direct function.