Micheál Martin
Question:132. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the reason his Department's website was changed; the person who undertook this work; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34914/13]
View answerTuesday, 16 July 2013
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My Department recently upgraded its website primarily because the version of the content management system on which the website is built had reached end of support. An upgrade was required to ensure that the website remains operational.
While carrying out the upgrade a number of other necessary changes were made.
- A new splash page was added to give users a choice of using the Irish or the English version of the site, a commitment in the Department's Official Languages Scheme;
- A cookies permission prompt was implemented to comply with the EU Cookies Directive;
- Some content restructuring took place to reflect organisational structure changes that have taken place in the Department; and
- the design was refreshed.
This work was carried out by pTools which is the company that originally built the website and who provide ongoing support for the website and the underlying content management system.
The total cost of the work done was €9,014.50 including VAT.