Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2015
125. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Taoiseach if his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department have performed an assessment of the potential savings to be accrued, if current paper-based application processes by members of the public were replaced with a fully online application system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30490/15]
View answerMy Department's work focuses primarily on dealings with Government and with other Government Departments and agencies, however, it does receive a small number of applications from members of the public for funding under a limited number of schemes (for example the Communicating Europe Initiative and the Local Diaspora Engagement Fund). In all cases the application forms are available online and applications are received via e-mail. Given the small number of applications and the capital costs in developing an automated online application process, there would be limited or no potential savings to be accrued by moving to a fully online application process.
