Written answers
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Telecommunications Facilities
4:00 pm
Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 80: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on measures being taken to increase the level of technological communication that takes place between various elements of the public service, such as video conferencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23543/12]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In general, the Irish public service makes very good use of a wide range of technologies in its inter-agency communications to improve the efficiency of such communications and to minimise costs. These include fixed and mobile telephony, IP-based telephony, VoiceMail, e-mail, Instant Messaging, Video and Audio conferencing, file transfers, desktop or applications sharing, and the availability of data and services through SOA. In some cases, some of these facilities are provided through unified software suites. In almost all cases, the communications are facilitated through connectivity with Government Networks, which essentially is a private high-speed, countrywide network that is managed and maintained by my Department.
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