Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 November 2004
163 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Taoiseach the reason the Acts of the Houses of the Oireachtas for 2003 are not yet available on the website of the Office of the Attorney General; the date by which this will have been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31321/04]
View answer164 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Taoiseach the reason the updated version of the chronological tables of the statutes are not yet available on the website of the Office of the Attorney General; the date by which this will have been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31322/04]
View answer165 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Taoiseach if he will take steps to ensure that the Acts of the Houses of the Oireachtas will be updated on a weekly basis to ensure that Acts which have been enacted will be available on-line on the website of the Office of the Attorney General immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31323/04]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 163 to 165, inclusive, together.
The Office of the Attorney General updates its website by displaying the Acts, statutory instruments and chronological tables for the previous year. The indexing and preparatory work for the 2003 version of the chronological tables is complete. This work can only be finalised as and when all of the Acts and the full texts of the statutory instruments become available. The work involved is complex and time consuming as it involves an examination of each Act and statutory instrument in order to record any changes to existing legislation. Accordingly, the office is only in a position to publish the updated tables towards the end of each subsequent year and 2004 is no exception in relation to the publication of the 2003 data. The office expects that the 2003 data will be available on its website by year end.
Acts of the Houses of the Oireachtas are made available on that office's website which is linked to the Office of the Attorney General website.
The added value which the Office of the Attorney General brings to the availability of the Statute Book relates to preparation of the chronological tables and publication of statutory instruments along with the Acts.
