Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the eGovernment Strategy 2017-2020 and Public Service Data Strategy 2019-2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20496/20]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The eGovernment Strategy 2017-20 and the 2015 Public Service ICT Strategy have both helped to progress our Digital Government agenda. The process to replace both has just been initiated by the new eGovernment Minister, Ossian Smyth. The initial consultation and exploration phase started this week and will proceed over the next few months. We are also engaged with the EU Commission and the German Presidency on a planned Berlin Declaration on Digital, which will inform our own Strategy.

The first activities of the implementation of the Public Service Data Strategy have also started, including the recruitment of a specific team.