Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 803: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has the relevant data on the way all public sector organisations communicate with the public; the amount spent on the development and maintenance of public sector websites across all sectors and organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48195/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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I do not have the information that the Deputy has requested as it is the responsibility of each individual public sector organisation to determine the most efficient and cost effective way for it to communicate with the public and its other stakeholders.

In relation to my Department, it interacts with the public via numerous media channels including written, telephone, web sites, meetings and press releases which are published on a regular basis. I have also provided opportunities for the public to provide feedback to my policy initiatives via online fora and public consultation processes.

My Department maintains 11 websites that are focused on delivering information and mapping services to the wide range of stakeholders that have an interest in the Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources areas for which my Department is responsible. The websites vary between those of general interest, and those which supply technical information and services to specialised stakeholder groups.

The total setup cost of all websites from 2007 to 2010 is €484,607. The total cost of maintaining these websites including technical maintenance, ongoing development, and hosting charges was €183,000 in 2010.

Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 804: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number and cost of each website that falls under his remit; the number of unique visitors per month to each website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48199/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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My Department maintains 11 websites that are focused on delivering information and mapping services to the wide range of stakeholders that have an interest in the Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources areas for which my Department is responsible. As the unique visitor numbers illustrate, the websites vary between those of general interest, and specialised websites, which supply information and services of a technical nature to specialised stakeholder groups.

The cost of the websites cannot be easily broken out to individual costs, as most of them are hosted on the same hardware and share features such as mapping services across all the websites.

The total set-up cost of all websites from 2007 to 2010 is €484,607. The total cost of maintaining these websites including technical maintenance, ongoing development, and hosting charges was €183,000 in 2010.

The following table lists the unique visitors for each website for 2010.