Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of websites his Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site received for 2009, or for a part of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2246/10]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Details of publicly facing websites provided by my Department, approximate annual maintenance costs and statistics on unique site visits can be found in the table.

In line with the Government's eGovernment Strategy for 2010, my Department will continue to improve the provision of information via its websites, investigate the possibilities of delivering additional online services to the general public and utilise internet technologies to gain efficiencies in the running of the Department. The online motor taxation site, motortax.ie, has proved particularly successful with the general public and during 2009, more than 47% of those transactions eligible to do so, were conducted via the website. Further enhancements are planned for delivery in 2010.