Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 423: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in the interest of reducing paper use, his Department has plans to relax or drop the requirement to supply three or more hard copies of tender documentation and to move towards greater use of electronic documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39729/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Electronic submissions are accepted where possible and practicable. The Department requests three or more hard copies of tender documentation only when it is necessary in order to allow staff to fully evaluate submissions deemed too complex to accurately evaluate electronically.

My Department's new IT Strategy for 2009-2011, which will be put in place in early 2009, will explore all possible means of maximising the use of IT facilities and electronic communications in the context of achieving energy efficiency and making my Department more environmentally friendly.