Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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1375. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the last time his department's website was revamped or remodelled; the cost of same; if he or his department officials have been consulted regarding creating one stand alone online government portal website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46006/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The current Department of Defence website (www.defence.ie) was developed in the early 2000’s and the content is updated on a regular basis. A project is currently ongoing to replace three of the Department’s websites which includes the main website (www.defence.ie), the website of the Office of Emergency Planning (www.emergencyplanning.ie) and the website for the Be Winter Ready campaign (www.winterready.ie). It is anticipated that all three websites will be live by the end of 2017. The cost of this project to date is €34,507.66. A new Civil Defence (www.civildefence.ie) website was developed in December 2014 at a cost of €17,790.

As part of the Government's eGovernment strategy 2017-2020 the Office of the Chief Information Officer has been working on the development of a Digital Service Gateway - a single digital point where citizens can easily access information about the Government services that are available to them.

This work, which began at beginning of this year is ongoing and will involve the rationalisation of existing Government websites and online services over time. My Department has been advised that the intention is that this whole of Government project will be managed and developed by existing resources within the civil service.

Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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1376. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the investment in his department’s website since 2011 including total associated costs incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46023/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The current Department of Defence website (defence.ie) was developed in the early 2000s and the content is updated in-house on a regular basis; there has been no investment in the Department's website since 2011. A project is currently ongoing to replace three of the Department’s websites which includes the main website (www.defence.ie ), the website of the Office of Emergency Planning ( www.emergencyplanning.ie) and the website for the Be Winter Ready campaign (www.winterready.ie). It is anticipated that all three websites will be live by the end of 2017. The cost of this project to date is €34,507.66. A new Civil Defence ( www.civildefence.ie) website was developed in December 2014 at a cost of €17,790.