Written answers
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Department of An Taoiseach
Departmental Websites
8:00 pm
Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 134: To ask the Taoiseach the websites that are run by his Department and each of its agencies; the date on which each became live; if the sites are kept updated; the cost of each site to the State to date; and if he will provide the information in tabular readable form. [31066/07]
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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As requested by the Deputy, the table below outlines the websites associated with the Department of the Taoiseach:
| Name of Website*1 | Date went live | Updated regularly | Cost to date |
| € | |||
| www.taoiseach.gov.ie | June 2002*2 | A Web Liasion Officer has been appointed to maintain each Division's area of the various Departmental websites. | 116,497.46*3 |
| www.isc.ie | October 2002 | No. The term of office of the previous Commission ceased at end December 2004. | 15,058.51 |
| www.activecitizenship.ie | May 2006 | Last update followed the completion of the Final Report of the Taskforce in March 2007 | 17,429.88 |
| www.ncpp.ie | March 2002 | Yes | 48,550 |
| www.nesdo.ie | October 2004 | Yes | 16,611 |
| www.nesc.ie | October 1998 | Yes | 18,764 |
| www.nesf.ie | November 2000 | Yes | 16,000 |
| *1The table does not include details in relation to agencies such as the Law Offices of the State and the CSO, who are not funded from the Vote of the Department of the Taoiseach. Details in relation to the National Forum on Europe are also not included as it is an independent body comprising representatives of the political parties in the Houses of the Oireachtas. | |||
| *2A review of the Department's existing websites commenced in 2001. As a result of this review, the current suite of three websites in their present form went live on 6 June, 2002. | |||
| *3The main websites associated with the Department of the Taoiseach are treated as a suite of three sites. The cost indicated in the table reflects the costs associated with all three websites as follows: Department of the Taoiseach main website; Better Regulation website; and Better Government website. The majority of costs relating to the three websites have been incurred since 2002. They reflect annual maintenance/upkeep and software upgrade costs for the websites. The figures given do not include any costs associated with providing content. | |||
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