Written answers
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Department of An Taoiseach
Departmental Projects
10:00 pm
P J Sheehan (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach if he will list and number the pilot schemes or projects that are being funded, overseen, or in any way supported by his Department; the purpose of each project; the start up date of each project; the time-scale for each project; the projected completion date for each project; the date that a report evaluating the project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22070/08]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Four pilot schemes / projects are being funded, overseen and/or supported by my Department. Details of these are outlined below.
It should be noted that three of the projects indicated below (the Senior Helpline/Curam volunteer assistance software, The Wheel (eEnablement) ASC ref: 2007/103 and ePlanning — Planning RSS (LGCSB — Local Government Computer Services Board)) are being funded under the eInclusion fund, provided in this Department's Vote in the 2008 Estimates, which will be transferring to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
| (1) | Name | Pilot phase of the Organisational Review Programme |
| Purpose | To assess the capacities, procedures, structures and leadership of Government Departments beginning with the Departments of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Transport. | |
| Start up date | Preparatory work commenced in Summer 2007. | |
| Time Scale | Underway at present. | |
| Projected completion date | July, 2008. | |
| Completion date when report will be available | Report of the pilot phase due to be published in July 2008. |
| (2) | Name | Senior Helpline/Curam volunteer assistance software. |
| Purpose | Curam Software to develop, in consultation with Senior Helpline volunteers, a prototype software system as a demonstrator project for use by Senior Helpline volunteers to enable them to meet the needs of their vulnerable clients with a view to resultant product(s) being made commercially available. | |
| Start up date | 14 January, 2008. | |
| Time Scale | Estimated that requirements, project design and development be completed 6 June, 2008. Full user acceptance test expected to complete 6 July, 2008 . | |
| Projected completion date | Expect to deploy in a "live environment" in July 2008. | |
| Completion date when report will be available | December, 2008. |
| (3) | Name | The Wheel (eEnablement) ASC ref: 2007/103 |
| Purpose | To pilot in 10 community and voluntary organisations a new model and framework to facilitate them providing a better service to their clients and to serve as demonstrators of the benefits of ICTs. This will entail development of a technical and operational framework for hosting back office solutions to allow C&V groups to use ICT to significantly leverage their capacity to deliver services to their clients. | |
| Start up date | October, 2007. | |
| Time Scale | Ten months. | |
| Projected completion date | July, 2008. | |
| Completion date when report will be available | August, 2008. |
| (4) | Name | ePlanning — Planning RSS(LGCSB — Local Government Computer Services Board). |
| Purpose | To add functionality to the online planning group of products. The new prototype will explore the issuing of planning information in an RSS format. | |
| Start up date | 20 December, 2007. | |
| Time Scale | 12 months. | |
| Projected completion date | A working prototype is complete and was presented to the board of the LGCSB in March 2008 and to a meeting of heads of Information Systems in local authorities in April. Work is continuing to progress it further. | |
| Completion date when report will be available | On completion of the pilot. |
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