Written answers
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Department of An Taoiseach
Departmental Websites
9:00 pm
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 129: To ask the Taoiseach 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. [2245/10]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has 6 active (and 1 inactive) websites.
| SITE | ANNUAL SUPPORT & MAINTENANCE CHARGE | 2009 UNIQUE VISITS |
| taoiseach.gov.ie | €1,815.00 | 470,199 |
| onegov.ie(formerly bettergov.ie) | €1,815.00 | (onegov) 23,470(bettergov) 97,480 |
| betterregulation.ie | €1,815.00 | 9,287 |
| orp.ie | €1,815.00 | 2,404 |
| activecitizenship.ie | €1,815.00 | (Aug to Dec only) 6,878 |
| inp.ie | NIL | 8,623 |
| forumoneurope.ie * | NIL | (Jan to Sept only) 89,915 |
*The forumoneurope.ie website is no longer active but will continue to be available as an information resource. The support and maintenance charge for this site in 2009 was €2,587.95.
In addition to the above costs the total cost of hosting all seven sites for 2009 was €22,832.33.
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of websites her Department provides; the annual cost of maintaining each site; the number of unique visits each site received in 2009 or part of 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2238/10]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy in respect of 15 websites provided by my Department is set out in the table.
In a number of instances, Business Units responsible for some sites record the number of "page hits" rather than the number of "unique visits". In these cases, I am supplying the Deputy with the number of "page hits".
| Website Address | Annual Maintenance Cost | No. of Unique Visits in 2009 | |
| 1 | www.entemp.ie(The Department's website) | €5,212 | 599,764 |
| 2 | www.solvitireland.ie(The website of the problem-solving network created to solve problems that EU citizens or businesses may be experiencing with alleged denial of their Internal Market rights) | €2,174 | Not recorded |
| 3 | www.esf.ie(The website for the European Social Fund in Ireland) | €4,811(50% ESF co-funded) | 6,806 |
| 4 | www.equal-ci.ie(The website for the ESF co-funded EQUAL Community Initiative in Ireland) | €83(50% ESF co-funded) | Not recorded |
| 5 | www.ideasbank.ie(The website was set up under the Equal Community Initiative to serve as a repository of innovative ideas. Currently, the site is not in operation) | €365(50% ESF co-funded) | Not recorded |
| 6 | www.employmentrights.ie(The website of the National Employment Rights Authority) | €7,000 | 383,300 |
| 7 | www.eatribunal.ie(The website of the Employment Appeals Tribunal) | €6,123 | 3,112,970 |
| 8 | www.labourcourt.ie(The website for the Labour Court) | €27,486 | 2,618,156 (page hits between 14 October and 31 December) |
| 9 | www.worklifebalance.ie(The website supporting the National Framework Committee for Work Life Balance Policies.) | €2,147 | 41,529 |
| 10 | www.patentsoffice.ie(The website for the Patents Office) | €16,516 | 294,552 |
| 11 | www.basis.ie(The website developed to provide business with a single access point to all Government information and services.) | €65,103 | 85,763 |
| 12 | www.clrg.org(The website of the Company Law Review Group) | €500 | 10, 908(extrapolated based on monthly statistics) |
| 13 | www.odce.ie (The website of the Office of the Director if Corporate Enforcement) | €6,966.75 | 212,8631 Jan.– 7 Dec. 2009 (inclusive) |
| 14 | www.cro.ie (The website of the Companies Registration Office (CRO)) | €5,000 | 600,000(extrapolated from the Jan 2009 number of visits of 48,417 visits) |
| 15 | www.core.ie(A document processing environment and communications mechanism of the CRO) | €22,891 | There are 96,384 unique registered users. This is the only figure available so it is not possible to give a figure for the number of unique visits |
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